KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has charged four individuals under the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001 for a sum of RM32 million.

According to the charge sheet by MACC today, Jamsari Abdul Rahim was charged with 10 counts for obtaining funds via illegal activities, which included receiving cheques from and transferring funds to several different companies.

According to defence lawyer Mohd Haziq Dhiyauddin Razali, Jamsari is a former employee of Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd.

Yong Mee Lan, a former director of oil and gas company Syarikat AceTimur Drilling Sdn Bhd, and former Petronas Carigali technical officer Ahmad Asyraaf Kamarul Zaman were also charged with two counts and four counts, respectively.

Yong was charged with direct involvement of moving RM13 million via a cheque belonging to Syarikat AceTimur Drilling and receiving a total of RM226,000 via the same company.

Ahmad Asyraaf, meanwhile, was charged with receiving cash, thrice via cheques belonging to Syarikat AceTimur Drilling and once through his personal bank account.

Yong and Ahmad Asyraaf had earlier been charged with fraudulent claims amounting to about RM20 million, which were related to false details on 'Operation Day Rate' in 2015.

Yong's husband, Ng Soon Ling, was earlier charged with two counts of receiving RM6.23 million into his personal bank accounts.

All four pleaded not guilty to the offences.