LGE trial: RM2mil payment meant for Najib, witness tells court


KUALA LUMPUR: A former company senior executive director said that a RM2mil payment linked to the Penang undersea tunnel was meant for former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Consortium Zenith Beijing Urban Construction Group Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG) former senior executive director Ibrahim Sahari told the Sessions Court into the corruption trial against former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng that the sum was meant to help his former superior Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, who was the owner of CZBUCG, to get closer to Najib and to get future projects.

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