Crime & Courts

Socmed influencer Alif Teega, wife expected to be charged tomorrow

SHAH ALAM: Social media influencer Mohd Hazalif Mohd Hazani, better known as Alif Teega, is expected to face more charges at the Sessions Court here tomorrow.

This comes after Hazalif claimed trial to two charges of misappropriating RM63,605.48 donations derived from donations for iftar and qurban programmes at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Friday.

He is currently out on a RM50,000 bail.

His wife Aisyah Hijanah Azhari, 26, is also likely to face charges tomorrow.

The couple is expected to appear and face their charges before Judge Datuk Anita Harun.

On Friday, Hazalif was accused of dishonestly misusing RM36,047.35 for iftar programmes in Makkah, Syria and Palestine at CIMB Bank at KL Gateway on April 26.

He was also alleged to have dishonestly misused RM27,558.13 for the 'Jom! Sertai Infaq Daging Qurban' programme at the same bank on June 15.

Each charge under Section 403 of the Penal Code carries a jail term between six months to five years, whipping and a fine.

Judge Azura Alwi set bail at RM50,000 with one surety and ordered him to report to Putrajaya Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters monthly and surrender his passport to the court.

Oct 21 was fixed for mention.

In July, Hazalif and Aisyah were remanded for seven days to assist in investigations after they were accused of misappropriating public donation funds.

The MACC froze about 20 bank accounts containing over RM740,000 as part of its investigation into the misappropriation of public donation funds involving Aliff, Aisyah and two other persons.

It was alleged the accounts that belonged to them and the companies had received funds from the public through an online fundraising platform.

The accounts were frozen under Section 44 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.

The couple had since denied allegations of financial abuse.

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