MRT construction company director charged with corruption, money laundering

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SHAH ALAM: A director of a construction company for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line project has pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (March 29) to two charges of giving bribes amounting to more than SGD650,000 (RM2.158mil) and one charge of money laundering amounting to RM4.13mil.

G. Paismanathan is accused of giving bribes amounting to S$655,766 to MRT Corporation Sdn Bhd chief executive officer through an individual as a reward to ensure that Colas Rail System Engineering Sdn Bhd, which was taken over by Pestech Technology Sdn Bhd, continues the MRT Line Two project: Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya worth more than RM693mil.

If convicted, the accused can be imprisoned for a maximum of 20 years and fined not less than five times the value of the bribes or RM10,000 whichever is higher. He was charged with committing the offence between Nov 16 and Dec 27, 2017 at the Maybank branch in Taman Subang Perdana, Petaling under Section 4 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 which can be punished under Section 4 of the same act.

 

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