Dec.15, 2009, 2:13:00 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: A director of an advertising company who was charged with 31 counts of money laundering, involving RM22 million, two months ago, was on Tuesday slapped in the Sessions Court here with another 31 charges of a similar offence, involving more than RM2 million.

Ame Hamzah Mat Atar, 51, of Buluhmas Enterprise Sdn Bhd, also pleaded not guilty to the new charges.

He is charged with possessing RM2,113,208.54 allegedly earned through illegal activities in his account at the CIMB Bank Berhad, No 338 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, here, on Jan 6 this year.

On Oct 22 this year, Ame Hamzah claimed trial in the Klang Sessions Court to all the charges allegedly committed between May 2008 and January this year.

In Tuesday's case, judge S.M Komathy Suppiah did not set any bail when both parties agreed to retain the RM350,000 bail imposed by the Klang Sessions Court.

However, Ame Hamzah was ordered to report himself to the nearest police station every month and to surrender his passport to the court.

Earlier, defence counsel Md Yunos informed the court that Tuesday's case and that in the Klang Sessions Court involved the same transaction and witnesses.

Komathy fixed Dec 21 for the case to be mentioned at the Klang Sessions Court.

Deputy public prosecutor Ungku Alfiati Ungku Ismail and Farez Ram prosecuted.