KUALA LUMPUR: Malacca State Public Works Department director Datuk Khalid Omar claimed trial at the Sessions Court today to charges of money laundering involving some RM4 million.
Khalid, 56, is alleged to have committed the offence at Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad, Menara PNB, 201-A, Jalan Tun Razak for possessing RM1.964 million in his Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 account , on Sept 1, last year.
He was also charged with possessing RM2.135 million in his Amanah Saham Didik account at the same place on July 1, this year.
Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib told Judge Azura Alwi that he will not be offering Khalid any bail because the accused is currently on a RM250,000 bail, which was imposed by the Malacca Sessions Court as he faces 16 corruption and money laundering charges there.
Ahmad also requested the court to transfer the case to the Malacca Sessions Court to enable all the cases to be jointly tried.
Counsel Azrul Zulkifli Stork represented Khalid.
The case will be mentioned at the Malacca Sessions Court on Nov 4.