Ex-JKM Employee Sentenced To 468 Years For 36 Counts Of Laundering RM16 Million At Work
The offences came to light when his payslip revealed millions being credited to his personal account.
By May Vin Ang β 10 Apr 2025, 10:36 AM
A former financial administrative assistant at the Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKM) has been sentenced to 468 years in prison and fined RM180 million after being found guilty of 36 charges of money laundering and three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving over RM16 million
According to The Borneo Post, Sessions Court Judge Musli Ab Hamid imposed the sentence after Mohd Zairull Arzuan Mohd Shamsuddin Ja'afar @ Ang Chui Thong, 38, pleaded guilty to the charges on Wednesday, 9 April.
For each of the 36 money laundering charges, Mohd Zairull was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined RM5 million, with one month's jail in default.
For each of the three CBT charges, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison and one stroke of the cane.
The judge ordered that the prison sentences be served concurrently.
As a result of the concurrent sentences, Mohd Zairull will serve at least 12 years in jail and receive three strokes of the cane. If he fails to pay the RM180 million fine, he faces an additional three years in prison.
Mohd Zairull exiting the courtroom after proceedings at the Kuching Court Complex on Wednesday, 9 April.
Image via Desiree David/The Borneo PostThe court heard that Mohd Zairull committed the money laundering offences between 2020 and 2022, involving a total of RM6,013,504.30, while the CBT offences took place between 2019 and 2021, involving RM10,272,350.13
It is understood that the offences came to light when Mohd Zairull's payslip revealed suspicious transactions, with over RM4 million being credited to his personal account.
The money laundering charges were framed under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, punishable under Section 4(1) of the same Act.
The CBT charges were framed under Section 409 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of between two and 20 years, along with caning or a fine upon conviction.
ο»ΏThe case was prosecuted by deputy public prosecutors Wan Nur Amanina Wan Din, Mohd Ashrof Kamarul, and Manjira Vasudevan, while lawyer Christopher Bada represented the accused.
