I want my RM19mil back, says witness in undersea tunnel case


KUALA LUMPUR: A company director told the Sessions Court here that he tried to get back the RM19mil which was given to a middleman allegedly close to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to stop the investigation into the controversial Penang undersea tunnel project.

Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZCSB) director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, 62, said he sent a Letter of Demand (LOD) to the middleman, known as G. Gnanaraja, through his lawyers from Messrs Shahrul Hamidi & Haziq to get his money back.

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