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A senior Malaysian policeman was charged Tuesday with laundering more than 1.2 million ringgit (US$343,000; €243,040), an official and news reports said, in a boost to the government's flagging crackdown on corruption.

Superintendent of Police Azmi Osman pleaded not guilty in a court in southern Johor state of laundering money that was wired to his bank account between 2003 and 2005, the national news agency Bernama reported.

An Anti-Corruption Agency official, who declined to be named because he is not authorized to make public statements, said Azmi was believed to have amassed assets in property and cash worth up to 9 million ringgit (US$2.6 million; €1.9 million).

"We suspect that he got the money from wrongdoing using his power ... he bought the property to cover up," the official told The Associated Press, adding that Azmi may have taken bribes from gangsters to protect them.

Azmi is accused of committing the offense while working at Johor's anti-vice and gaming division, and is currently based at the federal police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Bernama said.

If found guilty under an anti-money laundering law, Azmi could be jailed for up to five years with a fine of up to 5 million ringgit (US$1.4 million; €1 million), it said.

Azmi is expected to face two other charges in a court in central Pahang state, where he has also previously served, Bernama added, without giving further details.

Azmi, who was detained Monday, has been under police investigation for the past two years, the Anti-Corruption Agency official said.

His arrest is part of a government crackdown on graft, and more senior police officers are believed to be under investigation, The Star newspaper said.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi promised to fight corruption when he took power in 2003, but very few senior people have been arrested or prosecuted under his administration.

Malaysia's ranking in Transparency International's corruption index worsened to 44 last year from 37 in 2003.
 

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