Ameyrudin Ahmad Zuki, 41, made the plea before Justice Zulhazmi Abdullah.

On the first count, he was alleged to have concealed RM10,000, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities, by depositing the money in three transactions into a Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd Kepala Batas account belonging to a friend, Shahirudin Mohamad.

The second charge was for allegedly concealing RM10,000, also believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities, by depositing the money in three transactions into Shahirudin’s account in Malayan Banking Bhd Kepala Batas.

The offences were allegedly committed in August 2018.

The charges were framed under Section 4(1) (b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 which provides for imprisonment of up to 15 years and also be liable to a fine of not less than five times the sum or value of the proceeds of the unlawful activity or RM5 million, whichever is higher, if found guilty.

Zulhazmi allowed bail of RM10,000 for both charges and set Dec 20 for submission of documents.

Deputy public prosecutor Shahrom Idris prosecuted, while Ameyrudin was represented by lawyer Y Yogeswaran.

It was previously reported that in August last year, Ameyrudin was charged in the same court with agreeing to accept a bribe of RM20,000 from a man as an inducement to not take legal action against him under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007. He had pleaded not guilty.

He was accused of committing the offence in a room at the criminal investigation department, Seberang Perai Tengah district police headquarters on Aug 5, 2018.