KUALA LUMPUR: A bank officer testified in the High Court that Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor received a total of RM1.09 million in her personal current account at Affin Bank Berhad between October 2014 and June 2017. The money was deposited through multiple transactions using cash deposit machines (CDM) at various Affin Bank branches, including those at Bangunan Getah Asli and Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) in Kuala Lumpur. The confirmation was given by Nor Ashikin Abdullah, a 58-year-old assistant manager from Affin Bank Berhad’s ATM Services and Support department.
On November 2018, Nor Ashikin received a request from the Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA/CFT) Unit of the bank to provide information regarding the cash deposit transactions made using CDM for Rosmah’s account. She accessed the bank’s electronic records and printed a report of the transactions, which she then handed over to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
During the trial of Rosmah, the former official at the Seri Perdana Complex, Faizal Shamsuddin, also testified that he helped his superior, Roslan Sohari, to deposit cash into Rosmah’s bank account. Faizal received instructions from Roslan, who gave him an envelope containing the cash and Rosmah’s account number written on it. He confirmed that one of the deposit slips, showing a cash deposit of RM 200,000.00 on June 17, 2015, was made by him as instructed by Roslan.
Prior to the trial, the prosecution requested for a postponement to consider a representation letter sent by Rosmah’s solicitors. The judge, however, rejected the request, stating that the charges against Rosmah were filed in 2018. Rosmah’s defense team informed the court that they would file an application to strike out all the charges against her on or before September 7. As a result, the trial was postponed and scheduled to continue on September 7 and 8.
Rosmah, aged 71, is facing 12 money laundering charges involving RM7,097,750, and five counts of failure to declare income to the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN). The alleged offenses occurred at Affin Bank Berhad’s Bangunan Getah Asli branch between December 4, 2013, and June 8, 2017, as well as at LHDN Kompleks Bangunan Kerajaan between May 1, 2014, and May 1, 2018. – Bernama
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