KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Two days after being charged in Kangar, former Perlis menteri besar Datuk Seri Azlan Man was charged at the Sessions Court here with five more counts of money laundering involving RM1.06 million between 2014 and 2017.

Azlan pled not guilty to all the charges before Judge Azura Alwi.

According to the charge sheet, Azlan is accused of transferring four cheques — RM208,339.90, RM196,651, RM224,404.40 and RM222,811.95 — believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities from Aidil Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd and Sri Kedawang Travel & Tours (W) Sdn Bhd to two bank accounts he owned at a Maybank and CIMB branch in KL and Putrajaya respectively.

He was also accused of receiving RM207,468 in cash believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities from a representative of Aidil Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

All the offences were allegedly committed between February 2014 and December 2017.

He was charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act and is liable to be punished under Section 4(1) of the same act.

Section 4(1) provides imprisonment of up to 15 years, a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the proceeds of the illegal activity or RM5 million, whichever is higher, if found guilty.

His bail was set at RM50,000 and his next court appearance at the Sessions Court here will be on June 9.

Azlan was represented by Burhanudeen Abdul Wahid while deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib prosecuted.

On April 10, Azlan was charged with five counts of submitting false overseas travel claims worth more than RM1.18 million between 2013 and 2017 at the Sessions Court in Kangar, Perlis.

He allegedly used several documents containing false particulars to make claims for overseas holiday in London when there was no such trip.

The documents included invoices and quotations for return air tickets and hotel accommodation issued by Sri Kedawang Travel & Tours (W) Sdn Bhd and Aidil Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd, and Perlis state government order form AM 75E which were allegedly used for making claims for air tickets, hotel accommodation and transport.

Azlan was Pauh Assemblyman and Perlis menteri besar from 2013 to 2022, before winning the Bintong state seat in 2018, which he lost in last November’s election.

He also failed to defend his post as the Kangar Umno division chief in the party’s election last month.