KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-four close friends and family members today claimed trial at the Sessions Court to 42 charges of dishonest misappropriation of millions of ringgit belonging to Maybank Islamic Berhad, three years ago.
The seventeen men and seven women are alleged to have dishonestly misappropriated some RM10.4 million into their Maybank accounts at the bank’s headquarters in at 100, Jalan Tun Perak near here, and some of its branches, between October 2014 and January 2015.
Those charged were Baharuddin Selamat, 61, Zulhilmi Mat Nayan@Ahmad,34, Shafii Ismail, 44, Mohd Azhar Baharom, 33,
Hamsah selamat,59, Hairol Azali Mohd Yusof, 43, Nor Azuan Shafie, 41, Nur Jamaaton Baharuddin, 27, Noraishah
Nasarudin, 28, Nor Ashikin Nasarudin, 33, Noorasmahwati Nasarudin, 37, Salisa Essah, 38, Norsyahira Fazira Hamzah, 23,
Norhayati Mohd Nor, 46, Nasarudin Ali, 62, Zulfieka Fareez Hamsah, 28, Alias Mohamad, 55, Ahmad Shazni Mat Hassan, 34,
Hasril Hassan, 43, Mohd Hezzam Arfadli Mat Hassan, 39, Mohd Najib Khamis, 40, Hafiz Dahlan, 37, Mohd Azmi Md Ishak,
38, Harun Mohd Yusof, 32.
Eleven of the accused – Hafiz, Zulhilmi, Hairol, Noraisah, Hezzam, Azuan, Shafii, Harun, Azmi, Shazni and Ashikin – also claimed trial to money laundering involving some RM2.5 million, over a six-month period, beginning August 2014, at Maybank headquarters at Jalan Tun Perak and some of its branches.
Judge Mat Ghani Abdullah fixed bail at RM8,000 per accused with one surety each and set May 3 for mention.
Deputy public prosecutors Lailawati Ali Asmah Musa prosecuted; while some of the accused were represented by Syed Muhammad Adeeb Barakbah, Muhammad Shafiq Salleh and Ling Yee Siew.