PUTRAJAYA: Several crucial documents relating to a RM76.4mil payment under the technical assistance agreement (TAA) between Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd and NKK Corporation, Japan, were deliberately made to disappear by certain individuals to implicate Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock, a Sessions Court heard.
Chias counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said that the documents included a second addendum to the TAA, which stipulated the price of technical assistance by NKK Corporation as well as a document stating the disbursement for the Japanese companys engineers and staff to work at Perwaja Rolling Mill & Development Sdn Bhds Beam and Section Mill plant.