Five individuals including a man with the Datuk title and a married couple were charged in two Sessions Courts here today with 81 counts of money laundering involving millions of ringgit in connection with a syndicate issuing the Temporary Visitor Work Pass.

Businessperson Ab Aziz Abdullah, 44; his sister Anita Abdullah, 47; Anita's husband Muhammad Semail, 43; Abu Yazid Mohd, 38; and Mohd Hariza Mohd Yusof, 34; all pleaded not guilty to the charges read out before Judges Suzana Hussin and Azura Alwi.