Saturday January 8, 20

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/8/courts/7759856&sec=courts

JOHOR BARU: A senior police officer was freed by the Sessions Court here of four charges of money laundering totalling almost RM4mil.

Sessions judge Salawati Djambari freed Supt Azmi Osman, 55, yesterday after ruling that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case on all the charges.

Supt Azmi was alleged to have committed the offences between Feb 6, 2002, and April 2005, in Temerloh, Pahang, and here.

In the first charge, between Feb 6, 2002, and Dec 20, 2002, he was alleged to have received illegal proceeds of RM2.08mil that was banked into his Maybank account in Temerloh.

Supt Azmi was also alleged to have received illegal proceeds of RM679,850 paid into his bank account between Jan 15, 2003, and Oct 2, 2003.

In the third charge, he was alleged to have received illegal proceeds of RM941,930 that was deposited into his Maybank account at the bank’s branch at the Johor Baru City Square shopping complex between Jan 13 and Nov 17, 2004.

Supt Azmi was also alleged to have received an additional RM250,000 in illegal proceeds on April 5, 2005, that was also deposited into his bank account at the branch.