Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Money laundering (s4(1)(b) akta 613)

Legal area

Court

11 Dec 2025

WONG TZE WEI @ JAMES WONG

Citation

NA-62K-115-12/2021 (Mahkamah Sesyen)
Court

Sessions Court
Case number

NA-62K-115-12/2021 (Mahkamah Sesyen)

Court discharged the accused at close of prosecution because prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case on all counts: although agency and control elements were proved, there was no reliable evidence of dishonest misappropriation for s409; expert and documentary evidence did not prove accused forged the 73 cheques for s468; and predicate offences and requisite knowledge/suspicion for AMLA were not established, so no prima facie case for money‑laundering either.
11 Dec 2025

WONG TZE WEI @ JAMES WONG

Citation

NA-62K-117-12/2021 (Mahkamah Sesyen)
Court

Sessions Court
Case number

NA-62K-117-12/2021 (Mahkamah Sesyen)

Prosecution proved that the accused was an authorised agent and controlled company accounts (elements one and two of s409) but failed to prove dishonest misappropriation; prosecution failed to prove forgery and that the accused forged signatures on 73 cheques under s468; prosecution likewise failed to prove predicate offences and requisite knowledge for AMLA s4(1)(b). On the totality of the prosecution evidence and applying the s180/Looi Kow Chai test, no prima facie case existed; therefore the accused must be discharged and acquitted without being called to enter a defence.
9 Nov 2023

SYED SADDIQ BIN SYED ABDUL RAHMAN

Citation

WA-45-23-11/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-45-23-11/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court found that prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused, as ARMADA leader and co-trustee, instructed unauthorized withdrawal of RM1,000,000 from ARMADA funds in breach of party financial rules and that the accused misappropriated RM120,000 fundraising proceeds by transferring them to his personal account and subsequently RM100,000 into his ASB account; those acts constituted criminal breach of trust and criminal breach under the Penal Code and money laundering under s4(1)(b) Akta 613, warranting conviction on all four counts.

Malaysia Case Law

WONG TZE WEI @ JAMES WONG

WONG TZE WEI @ JAMES WONG

SYED SADDIQ BIN SYED ABDUL RAHMAN