Isa Samad solicited RM3mil from GAPSB, says witness


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The High Court here was told that former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad solicited RM3mil from Gegasan Abadi Properties Sdn Bhd (GAPSB) in the purchase of Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites (MPSH) worth RM160mil.

A former member of GAPSB’s board of directors (BOD), Ikhwan Zaidel, 59, said this while reading out his witness statement that Mohd Isa asked for the RM3mil through his (Mohd Isa’s) special officer Muhammad Zahid Md Arif.

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