A businessperson pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court in Johor Bahru today to money laundering, involving RM2.45 million.

Mohd Yazzid Ahmad, 40, who claimed to be related to the Johor royal family and uses the name "Tunku Yazzid" to deceive a company, made the plea before judge Ahmad Fuad Othman.

He was charged with obtaining RM2.45 million, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities from a 47-year-old man outside a bank in...