BEKAS PENGARAH JABATAN AIR DAN ISTERI FAILKAN RAYUAN TERHADAP JAMINAN RM12 JUTA PADA 20 JAN

KOTA KINABALU - Peguam bagi bekas Pengarah Jabatan Air Sabah Ag Mohd Tahir Ag Mohd Talib dan isterinya, Fauziah Piut dijangka memfailkan rayuan terhadap jaminan RM12 juta mereka pada 20 Jan. 

Difahamkan peguam mereka akan memfailkan rayuan di Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu bersama-sama dengan sijil kesegeraan.   

Ag Tahir, yang didakwa dengan 12 pertuduhan pengubahan wang haram, dan Fauziah, yang menghadapi 19 tuduhan yang sama gagal membayar jumlah jaminan kerana semua aset mereka dan akaun bank telah dibekukan oleh Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia. 

Ag Tahir menghadapi lapan tuduhan termasuk memiliki tunai RM56.9mil dalam empat akaun bank, dua pertuduhan memiliki enam kenderaan mewah dan tuduhan memiliki 86 jenis jam tangan berjenama. Beliau juga menghadapi satu lagi tuduhan terlibat secara langsung dalam menyerahkan RM14,000 untuk satu Cristine Fiona M Ponsoi.  

Pertuduhan mengikut Seksyen 4 (1) (b) dan Seksyen 4 (1) (a) Akta Pencegahan Pengubahan Wang Haram, Pencegahan Pembiayaan Keganasan dan Hasil daripada Aktiviti Haram 2001 (AMLA).  

Fauziah menghadapi 19 tuduhan kerana memiliki lebih daripada RM2.2mil di 18 akaun bank. Beliau juga dituduh menggunakan hasil daripada aktiviti haram untuk memiliki 93 beg tangan berjenama.  

Turut didakwa bersama mereka ialah bekas Timbalan Pengarah Jabatan Lim Lam Beng, 64, yang menghadapi empat tuduhan pengubahan wang haram yang melibatkan harta dan wang tunai berjumlah RM2.3mil.  

Ketiga-tiga mengaku tidak bersalah terhadap pertuduhan itu selepas dikemukakan di hadapan Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen Ummu Kalthom Abdul Samad bulan lepas. Ummu Kalthom membenarkan Ag Mohd Tahir dibebaskan dengan ikat jamin RM10 juta manakala jaminan untuk Fauziah telah ditetapkan pada RM2 juta. Lim berjaya membayar ikat jamin RM1 juta itu.

 

Ex-Sabah Water director, wife expected to file appeal against RM12mil bail on Jan 20

KOTA KINABALU - The lawyer for former Sabah Water Department director Ag Mohd Tahir Ag Mohd Talib and his wife, Fauziah Piut is expected to file an appeal against their RM12mil bail on Jan 20. 

It is learnt that their lawyer will file the appeal at the Kota Kinabalu High Court together with a certificate of urgency. 

Ag Tahir, who was slapped with 12 anti-money laundering charges, and Fauziah, who faced 19 similar charges failed to raise the bail amount as all their assets and bank accounts had been frozen by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
Ag Tahir faces eight charges of being in possession of RM56.9mil cash in four bank accounts, two charges of owning six luxury vehicles and a charge of owning 86 types of branded watches.

He also faces another charge of being directly involved in handing over RM14,000 to one Cristine Fiona M Ponsoi.

The charges were framed under Section 4(1) (b) and Section 4(1) (a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA).

Fauziah faces 19 charges for being in possession of more than RM2.2mil in 18 bank accounts.

She is also accused of using proceeds from illegal activities to own 93 branded handbags.

Also charged with them is former department deputy director Lim Lam Beng, 64, who faces four anti-money laundering charges involving properties and cash totalling RM2.3mil.

All three claimed trial to the charges after being produced before Sessions Court judge Ummu Kalthom Abdul Samad last month. 
Ummu Kalthom had allowed Ag Mohd Tahir to be released on a RM10mil bail while the bail for Fauziah was set at RM2mil. 

Lim managed to post his RM1mil bail