Influencer couple Alif Teega and wife's cases to be jointly heard in Shah Alam

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Social media influencer couple Alif Teega and Aisyah Hijanah Azhari, who face multiple charges of misappropriating charity funds, will be tried together at the Shah Alam Sessions Court.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Social media influencer couple Alif Tigah and Aisha Hijana Azhari, who face multiple

00:09charges of misappropriating charity funds, will be tried together at the Shah Alam Sessions

00:14Court.

00:15This comes after the KL Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi allowed an application by Deputy

00:20Public Prosecutor Julaila Jamaluddin on Monday to transfer two of Alif Tigah's cases to be

00:27heard jointly with 10 other charges made against the couple.

00:32Lawyer Mohammad Shahrola Khan, representing Alif Tigah, did not object.

00:37Judge Azura then ordered the bail, amounting to 50,000 ringgit, to be extended.

00:42On September 20, Alif Tigah pleaded not guilty to two counts of misappropriating funds collected

00:48for infaq or Islamic charity, involving more than 60,000 ringgit.

00:54On September 23, the 30-year-old and his 26-year-old wife were charged in the Shah Alam Sessions

01:01Court with 10 counts of misappropriating funds amounting to 1.52 million ringgit collected

01:08for charitable activities.

01:10They were charged under Section 403 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34.

01:15If convicted, they face a maximum sentence of five years in prison, caning and a fine.

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