Lawyer Hafarizam Harun has claimed trial to two charges of money laundering involving RM15 million.

The legal adviser to Umno and Barisan Nasional was charged with receiving the amount from former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak through cheques between April, 2014 and February, 2015.

In the first charge made at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur, Hafarizam was accused of accepting RM11.5 million, allegedly the proceeds of unlawful activity through two cheques which went into the client account of Messrs. Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak held in CIMB Bank Berhad account.