KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM5mil was deposited into Bersatu’s bank account in several transactions between 2021 and 2022, the High Court heard.
Bukit Tunku branch CIMB assistant manager Herdayanti Md Hassan, 44, testified that four cheques – bearing RM2mil, RM1mil and two for RM500,000 – were issued under the name of businessman Datuk Azman Yusoff on Sept 24, 2021 and Nov 3, 2022.
Based on Azman’s bank statement that was registered with the address of KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd, she said the monies were transacted out of Azman’s account.
Herdayanti was the seventh prosecution witness in the graft trial of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, linked to the Jana Wibawa project.
The witness also confirmed a bank form for the opening of Azman’s private bank account.
To a question by Muhyiddin’s lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Herdayanti said she was unsure of the link between KCJ Engineering and Azman.
The witness agreed that all cheque payments would be recorded by the issuing bank.
Meanwhile, another witness, Alfian Othman, 57, told the court that construction company Nepturis Sdn Bhd had made a RM1mil transaction to Bersatu via cheque in February 2022.
Alfian, who is the Maybank Kota Kemuning branch assistant manager, was referred to a copy of the cheque.
He confirmed that the cheque, which was issued on Feb 16, 2022, had clearly stated “Bersatu” as recipient.
When cross-examined by Amer Hamzah, the witness agreed that the RM1mil transaction by Nepturis did not involve Muhyiddin’s bank account.
Muhyiddin, 78, who was the then prime minister and Bersatu president, is facing four counts of using his position to obtain bribes totalling RM225.3mil in relation to the Jana Wibawa Project from three companies and an individual for the party.
The offence was allegedly committed at the Prime Minister’s Office, Bangunan Perdana Putra in Putrajaya between March 1, 2020 and Aug 20, 2021.
He also faces three counts of receiving proceeds from illegal activities totalling RM200mil which were deposited into Bersatu’s bank accounts between February 2021 and July 2022.
The hearing resumes before Justice Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin on April 28.
