UAE – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has acknowledged that the United Arab Emirates has made positive progress in its anti-money laundering (AML), opposing the financing of terrorism (CFT), and counter-proliferation financing (CPF) efforts. The UAE has indicated its strong commitment to working closely with FATF to address remaining areas of improvement through the implementation of an action plan. …

The defense, being led by Lawyer Haijan Omar, representing Syed Saddiq had submitted a motion to transfer the cases from the Sessions Court to the High Court, which will be heard by judge Mohamed Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, a Muar MP, pled not guilty to two counts of money laundering involving RM100,000. It was read to him again before …