Norida Syakira Agus Yadi, 28, pleaded not guilty to all the charges, read to her before judge Ahmad Faizadh Yahaya.

She was accused of buying a sushi restaurant worth RM1.317 million and transferring tranches of money totalling RM242,770, RM369,700 and RM32,500, and disposing of RM80,000, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities.

She is alleged to have committed the offence between Jan 8 and June 20, 2021, through her company, DSS Berkat Enterprise, at the Kuala Lipis branch of Maybank Islamic Berhad, near here.

The charges were framed under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Act 613) and punishable under subsection 4(1) of the same Act, which carries a maximum jail sentence of 15 years and a fine of not less than five times the proceeds of the unlawful activity or RM5 million, whichever is higher, upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor Rohaiza Zainal offered bail of RM500,000 in two sureties for all the charges, and requested for the case to be transferred to a Shah Alam sessions court, where Norida Syakira had been charged with a similar offence on Feb 24.

The court allowed the accused bail of RM10,000 in one surety for all the charges and ordered her to report to the nearest police station once a month.

It also allowed the case to be transferred to the Shah Alam sessions court.