KUCHING: A former assistant officer from the Sarawak Welfare Department was sentenced to 468 years in prison and fined RM180mil, in default 36 months' imprisonment, for money laundering and criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving over RM16mil.

Sessions Court judge Musli Ab Hamid sentenced Mohd Zairull Arzuan Mohd Shamsuddin Ja'afar @ Ang Chui Thong, 38, after he pleaded guilty to 36 charges of money laundering and three charges of CBT on Wednesday (April 9).