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A married couple and a man who are facing a charge of kidnapping a Palestinian man, were slapped with money laundering charges involving more than RM250,000 at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Friday (Oct 20).

Nidarahayu Zainal, 35, who is facing 17 charges, while her husband, Raibafie Amdan, 40, and the other man, Tengku Arif Bongsu Tengku Hamid, 40, both with one count each, pleaded not guilty before Judge Mohd Kafli Che Ali.

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00:00 A married couple and a 40-year-old man who are facing a charge of kidnapping a Palestinian
00:08 man pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges involving more than RM250,000 at the
00:14 Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Friday.
00:16 35-year-old Nidara Hayu Zainal faced 17 charges while her 40-year-old husband, Ray Baifi Amdan
00:24 and the other man, Tengku Arif Bungsu Tengku Hamid, faced one count each.
00:29 The offences were committed between September 15 to October 3 last year.
00:34 The charges were framed under Section 4, Subsection 1, Subsection B of the Anti-Money Laundering,
00:41 Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities 2001.
00:45 The court allowed Nidara Hayu bail of RM60,000 with one surety for all charges while bail
00:51 for Ray Baifi and Tengku Arif Bungsu was set at RM20,000 with one surety each.
00:58 They were also ordered to surrender their passports to the court and to report themselves
01:02 at the nearest police station once a month.
01:04 The court set November 20 for mention.
01:07 In October last year, the three accused were among 30 individuals charged with kidnapping
01:12 a Palestinian man to solicit information on software to hack mobile phones.
01:18 It was reported that Nidara Hayu ran a private investigation agency and her husband masterminded
01:23 the abduction.
01:24 The court ruled that Nidara Hayu was not guilty of the kidnapping and that she was not involved in the kidnapping.
01:31 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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