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Kota Kinabalu: A total of 93 branded handbags belonging to the wife of a former Sabah Water Department director were among the items seized as part of a graft investigation dubbed “Sabah Watergate”, the Special Corruption Court heard on Wednesday.

The seizures were made during a raid at the couple’s house at Graceville Townhouses in Sembulan, here, seven years ago, said the prosecution’s 44th witness, Ekasuzieana Shafri, an officer with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

She told the judge that the handbags were taken from a bedroom on the third floor of the house on Oct 4, 2016.

On trial were the former director, Ag Mohd Tahir, 58, and his wife Fauziah Piut, 55, who were jointly charged with former State Water deputy director Lim Lam Beng, 66, with 37 counts of money laundering involving cash and bank savings amounting to RM61.57 million as well as unlawful possession of luxury goods.