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KLANG: Two directors of Buluhmas Enter-
Man, son charged prise Sdn Bhd were charged in two sessions
courts here yesterday with 69 counts of
money laundering involving RM22 million.
Ame Hamzah Mat Atar, 51, and his son,
Azmi Ame Hamzah, 26, claimed trial to all
the charges, allegedly committed between
with 69 counts of March 3 last year and Jan 6 this year.
They are alleged to have used the money
from ill-gotten gains to buy Bank Simpanan
Nasional premium saving certificates, unit
trusts, shoplots in Kedah and Terengganu,
pay deposit for purchase of luxury vehicles
money laundering
and a bungalow in Terengganu.
Azmi, who is the sole proprietor of
Buluhmas Enterprise, is also charged with
two counts of illegal deposit taking.
The offence is alleged to have been
committed at Taman Raden Jaya, Kuala
Selangor, between Dec 14, 2006 and Oct
13 last year.
The charges were read before judge
Yong Zarida Sazali, who then allowed Azmi
bail of RM200,000 in two sureties for all
the charges.
Azmi was also ordered to surrender
his passport and to report to the Tanjung
Karang police station on the first of every
month.
Meanwhile, in another court, judge
Datuk Anita Harun allowed Ame Hamzah
bail of RM350,000 in one surety after he
pleaded not guilty to money laundering
and to report to the Tanjung Karang police
station on the first of every month pending
disposal of the case. – Bernama
theSun | FRIDAY OCTOBER 23 2009
Seven nabbed
in RM2.3mil
drug bust
KUALA LUMPUR: Police busted a drug
trafficking syndicate with the arrest of seven
of its members, including six foreigners, and
seizure of RM2.3 million worth of drugs in
separate raids here early this week.
Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief Datuk
Abu Samah Mat said police arrested an Ira-
nian man and a local at a shopping complex
on Monday at 3.30pm while the two were
engaged in a drug transaction, and seized
1.57kg of syabu from them.
He said following the arrest, police raided
two units at the Happy Garden condominium
and three units at the Jalan Putra condomini-
um on the same day between 4pm and 7pm.
In the raids, police arrested two Iranian
men and an Indonesian woman, who is the
wife of the local man arrested earlier.
Abu Samah said police also seized 1,000
Ecstasy pills, 10 Eramin 5 pills, 48kg of
chemical compound for making Ecstasy, and
4.6 litres of syabu in liquid form and 3.3kg in
powder form.
He said the equipment for processing
drugs were also seized during the raids.
In another raid the next day, police arrested
two more Iranian men and found 6.437kg of
syabu at a condominium in Jalan Putra.
The suspects’ possessions were sealed or
seized including a Honda CRV car and cash
of RM51,433 and US$10,000.
Abu Samah said initial police investigation
found that the drugs were for local distribu-
tion but did not dismiss the possibility that
they were also meant for the international
market.
He said all the suspects, aged between 25
and 48, were being detained until Tuesday
for investigation under Section 39B of the
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – Bernama
DiGi launches Turbo 3G
service in Penang
GEORGE TOWN: Penang folk now have a
richer option when uploading pictures online
or watching YouTube videos on their mobile
phones, with DiGi’s new Turbo 3G.
DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd
launched its 3G voice and data service in the
state yesterday, and will introduce it in Sabah
and Klang Valley at later dates.
New DiGi customers in these market
regions will automatically enjoy mobile in-
ternet service on their mobile phones upon
activation, without changing their SIM card
or requesting any further settings.
The service was launched by Chief Minis-
ter Lim Guan Eng at the Tanjung City Marina.
NZ PM to visit Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: New Zealand Prime Minis-
ter John Key will arrive here on Sunday for a
three-day visit where he will also witness the
signing of the Malaysia-New Zealand Free
Trade Agreement.
The agreement, to be signed on Monday,
will be the third to be signed by Malaysia
after the ones with Japan and Pakistan.
This will be Key’s first visit to Malaysia
since becoming the prime minister in No-
vember last year.
The Foreign Ministry said Key would
meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul
Razak and they are expected to discuss
and exchange views on bilateral, regional
and international issues of mutual interest.
– Bernama
School investigated for
making pupils swallow fire
TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorities are probing
child abuse claims against a school that al-
legedly made pupils swallow fire to boost
their courage, a report said yesterday.
The case came to light after parents
complained that they paid T$9,000 (RM952)
for a five-day course only to find out that their
children were asked to swallow fire, said the
TVBS news channel. Footage showed a fe-
male teacher shoving a burning home-made
torch into the month of a reluctant child.
The school, in south Taiwan’s Tainan city,
also made the children walk barefoot over
shattered glass and split wood with their
bare hands, the TVBS reported. – AFP