Mandiri directors remanded 3 days
Amir Hadi and Dobby Chew will continue to be held at the Jinjang centralised lockup to assist in a money laundering probe.
Mandiri executive director Amir Hadi and finance director Dobby Chew have been detained for three days to aid an investigation into allegations of money laundering linked to an NGO. The Malaysian police arrested the two officials yesterday under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 after they presented their statements at Bukit Aman’s commercial crime investigation department.
The investigation centers on claims that the NGO received funds suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities from 2024 to the present day. The arrests sparked criticism from civil society groups and DAP politicians, who demanded their immediate release. On September 18, more than 20 police officers conducted a raid at a shared office between Mandiri and Hayat, an NGO run by Chew, seizing various documents and electronic devices.
The authorities have also frozen personal and organizational bank accounts under the Amla and imposed travel bans on Amir and Chew.
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