SHAH ALAM: A former Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd (UKSB) administrative supervisor instructed the High Court right here that he delivered a baggage bag containing RM3mil to Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on the former deputy prime minister’s official residence in Putrajaya.
David Tan Siong Sun, 47, nonetheless, mentioned he can’t recall when the supply was completed however that was the second time he went to Ahmad Zahid’s official residence Seri Satria, with former UKSB director VK Lee.
Tan mentioned this throughout examination-in-chief by lead deputy public prosecutor Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran when he was requested how he despatched the cash to Ahmad Zahid.
He mentioned he put the RM3mil in a suitcase with rollers and left it in the lounge.
When Raja Rozela requested Tan about his first supply, the witness replied: “I went to Ahmad Zahid’s home collectively with Wan Quoris (former UKSB director Wan Quoris Shah Wan Abdul Ghani).”
“We went to the lounge (Ahmad Zahid’s home), then Wan Quoris began speaking about enterprise operations and political issues. After that, Wan Quoris excused himself and left the room.
“Then I picked up the envelope (containing cash) and knowledgeable Datuk Seri ‘this is the envelope’ and left it on the desk. (I) salam Datuk Seri and left the room,” he defined.
When studying out his witness assertion, he mentioned he was the individual in command of getting ready the cash to be delivered to Ahmad Zahid every month.
“I used to be requested to accomplish that by (Lee). I used to be additionally concerned within the supply of cash to Datuk Seri (Ahmad Zahid) on a number of events. I’ve made information to present the month-to-month cash deliveries to Datuk Seri ranging from October 2014 to August 2018,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the cash that UKSB used for the month-to-month and one-time funds weren’t taken from UKSB’s accounts however got here from enterprise companions in Hong Kong.
“UKSB didn’t have sufficient funds to cowl the funds, so due to that, I had to ask our companions to assist us out.
“The funds from Hong Kong can be channelled into Malaysia by cash changers in Kuala Lumpur, after which handed on to me in cash.
“After receiving the cash, I would keep it in the company safe box first, and when the time came for us to make the delivery, I would then take out the required amount and put it in a sealed envelope,” he mentioned.
Ahmad Zahid, 69, is going through 33 costs of receiving bribes amounting to S$13.56mil from UKSB for himself as then residence minister to prolong the contract of the corporate because the operator of one-stop centre service in China and the overseas visa (VLN) system in addition to to preserve the contract settlement to provide the VLN built-in system to the identical firm by the Home Ministry.
For one other seven counts, he was charged with acquiring for himself S$1,150,000, RM3mil, 15,000 Swiss franc and US$15,000 from the identical firm, which has official hyperlinks with his official obligation.
He was charged with committing all of the offences at Seri Satria, Precinct 16, Putrajaya, and Country Heights Kajang between October 2014 and March 2018.
The trial earlier than Judge Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa continues tomorrow. – Bernama
