‘RM2mil meant for Najib’


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

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

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