‘DGB wouldn’t give RM6mil if Ahmad Zahid was not DPM then’


Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

KUALA LUMPUR: A deputy managing director of Datasonic Group Berhad (DGB) told the High Court that he would not have recommended for the company to contribute RM6mil in political funds to Barisan Nasional if Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was not the deputy prime minister and home minister then.

Chew Ben Ben said he suggested the amount to former DGB chief executive officer Datuk Abu Hanifah Noordin as a long-term contribution to Barisan through Ahmad Zahid.The 34th prosecution witness said he met the then deputy prime minister at Seri Satria Putrajaya

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