File picture shows Liow Soon Hee being brought to be arraigned at the Ampang Sessions Court, November 3, 2017. Liow surrendered to the police yesterday after a year on the run. — Bernama pic
SHAH ALAM, April 12 — Former fugitive Liow Soon Hee, also known as Nicky Liow, was today charged with 26 counts of money laundering involving a sum of RM36 million.
Liow, 34, dressed in a black long-sleeved t-shirt and black pants, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him in Mandarin, before Sessions Court judge Helina Sulaiman here.
Liow surrendered to the police yesterday after a year on the run, and is known to have close connections with a Macau-based crime boss, Wan Kuok-Koi nicknamed “Broken Tooth”.
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