KUALA LUMPUR: An investigating officer told the High Court today that he felt it was strange that there were no documents for contributions made by Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s Yayasan Akalbudi to Yayasan Al-Falah chaired by his brother, Datuk Seri Mohamad Nasaee Ahmad Tarmizi, with regards to the purchase of two bungalow lots in Country Heights, Kajang.
Mohd Tharuzi Mohd Nor, 40, said he did not find any documents such as cash transactions and donation receipts during the investigation into the case.
He said this during a re-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Sazilee Abdul Khairi, on the 48th day of the trial against Ahmad Zahid, who faces charges of corruption, criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving millions of ringgit of Yayasan Akalbudi funds.
Ahmad Sazilee: Is it (the process of donating the two lots of bungalows) something strange?
Mohd Tharuzi: It is strange indeed.
The 94th prosecution witness said based on his investigation into the purchase of two property units in Country Heights, the RM5.9 million had been allegedly paid by Yayasan Al-Falah to Bee Garden Holdings Sdn Bhd (the original owner of the units) using the cheque issued by Messrs Lewis Co (Lewis Co), which is the trustee of Yayasan Akalbudi belonging to Ahmad Zahid.
He added that from his observations at the end of 2020 and last week, the gates of the two bungalows remained closed.
Mohd Tharuzi said that his investigation also found that Ahmad Zahid had received a total of seven cheques amounting to RM5 million from Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant Services, and one cheque for RM2 million from an individual named Mubarak Hussain, and all the cheques were deposited into Lewis Co’s account.
“The RM7 million was then used to buy two fixed deposit certificates amounting to RM5 million and RM2 million. Ahmad Zahid then ordered B. Muralidharan (partner at Lewis Co) for the two fixed deposits to be uplifted.
"Of the RM7,019,680.07 (uplifted including interest), RM5.9 million was issued and paid to Bee Garden Holdings for the purchase of two bungalow lots, while the rest was turned once again into a fixed deposit certificate," he said when reading his witness statement while showing a chart of the money trail to the court.
Meanwhile, 95th witness Mohd Fahmee Mohamad Nor, 39, an investigating officer from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said that money changer Omar Ali, an individual accused of laundering money on behalf of Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, did not report transactions of converting cash into cheques worth RM7.5 million to Bank Negara Malaysia.
"The money received by Omar Ali was converted into 35 cheques. Omar Ali's friends, who wished to exchange, whether it be foreign currency, will get the currency by paying for it using a blank cheque," he said when answering a question from Deputy Public Prosecutor Harris Ong Mohd Jeffrey Ong during the examination-in-chief.
Earlier, when reading his witness statement, Moh Fahmee said the 35 cheques totalling RM 7.5 million from five banks were credited into Lewis Co’s account.
Ahmad Zahid, 68, is facing 47 charges, 12 of which were for criminal breach of trust, eight for corruption and 27 for money laundering involving millions of ringgit of Yayasan Akalbudi funds.
The trial before Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah continues tomorrow.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Mon Mar 08 2021
Ahmad Zahid, 68, is facing 47 charges, 12 of which were for criminal breach of trust, eight for corruption and 27 for money laundering involving millions of ringgit of Yayasan Akalbudi funds.
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