TWO immigration officers and the wife of one of the officers pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court in Shah Alam yesterday to bribery and money laundering charges.

Deputy assistant director Mohd Faizzan Sani, 35, officer Muhammad Zul Anishaffizie Zakaria, 32, and his wife Harlifarhani Abdul Halim, 29, entered the plea before Judge Rozilah Salleh.

Faizzan, who was stationed at KLIA2 Immigration operations office, was charged on three counts of receiving bribes totalling RM1,000 from three people acting as middlemen, in exchange for the release of Chinese nationals without taking any action against them for committing offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63.

He was charged with committing the offences at Level 1 and 2, Control and Security Division KLIA2 from November 2019 to November 10, 2020, under Section 2(a) and Section 25(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act (MACC) 2009.

Zul Anishaffizie, who was stationed at KLIA Immigration office, was charged with eight counts of receiving a total RM310,800 from Puah Thiam Lai, 44, Muhsin Halim, 53, and Indonesian, Edi Saputra, 38, through saving accounts belonging to Harlifarhani and Hartini Muhsin, 51.

He was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code.

Zul Anishaffizie was also charged with eight alternative charges of accepting bribes of the same amount through the same saving accounts to help release Chinese and Indonesian nationals to exit Malaysia.

He was charged with committing the offences at two banks in KLIA and Bandar Baru Ampang between February 5, 2018, and November 12, 2020, under Section 2 (a) of the MACC Act.

Zul Anishaffizie was also charged with six counts under the Anti-Money Laundering, Prevention of Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Illegal Activities (AMLATFPUAA) Act 2001 (Act 613) for receiving RM278,700 via 86 transactions from the same three people at a bank in Bandar Baru Ampang from December 10, 2018, to November 12, 2020.

Harlifarhani was charged on two counts of receiving RM32,100 from Puah through her account at a bank in KLIA between February 5, 2018, and March 22, 2020, under Section 4(1)(b) AMLATFPUAA.

The court allowed Faizzan bail of RM5,000; Zul Anishaffizie, RM55,000, on all charges and Harlifarhani bail of RM10,000, in one surety each, and they were ordered to report to the nearest MACC office every month.

The prosecution was conducted by MACC deputy public prosecutor Fadhli Ab Wahab while the three accused were represented by lawyer Wan Azmir Wan Majid.

The court fixed March 8 for mention. – Bernama, February 6, 2021.