Edited by juliez at 13-12-2016 06:57 PM
Malaysian student pleads not guilty over A$4.6m from Australian bank’s error
A Facebook schrrenshot of Christine Jiaxin Lee who reportedly pleaded not guilty to spending A$4.6 million (RM13.8 million) that an Australian bank had mistakenly deposited into her accounts.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 ― A Malaysian student today pleaded not guilty in an Australian court over her alleged spending of A$4.6 million (RM13.8 million) that an Australian bank had mistakenly deposited into her accounts.
Christine Jiaxin Lee, a chemical engineering student aged 21, reportedly pleaded not guilty to charges against her at the Downing Centre Court in Sydney.
Lee's lawyer Hugo Aston said her legal team will be “vigorously defending the charges” of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.
'We feel confident our client will be acquitted,” Aston was quoted telling news outlet Daily Mail Australia.
The lawyer said Lee's family had came to Australia from Malaysia to provide support, saying: “Her family are fully supportive of her. We are very much a united team.”
He said Lee planned to go back to Malaysia after the end of the court matter.
According to Daily Mail Australia, Lee's family was not in court today, while there were representatives present from the Westpac bank that had mistakenly given her credit in the form of an unlimited overdraft.
In May, Australian authorities arrested Lee as she attempted to fly back to Malaysia.
Australian police previously said Lee wrongly received the A$4.6 million after the sum was transferred to her Westpac bank account as an overdraft in August 2012.
Australian paper The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) previously reported Lee as having allegedly made numerous withdrawals totalling A$4,653,333.02 (RM13.8 million) between July 2014 and April 2015.
Citing court documents, SMH had in May said Lee had claimed she thought her parents deposited the funds for her use when explaining the withdrawals.
Lee had lived in Australia for five years and was three years through a four-year chemical engineering degree.
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