The Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court today found a former director of the Sabah State Water Department guilty of 12 money laundering charges involving over RM45 million, committed a decade ago.

Judge Abu Bakar Manat ruled that the prosecution had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt against Tahir Talib, 63.

However, the court acquitted his wife, Fauziah Piut, 61, of...