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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Umno rep: My SD saying Zahid returned Akalbudi money false



Umno's Hutan Melintang assemblyperson Khairuddin Tarmizi today admitted to signing a false statutory declaration (SD) saying that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had repaid Yayasan Akalbudi after using its funds to settle his bills.
Khairuddin, who is also on Yayasan Akalbudi's board of trustees, was testifying at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today as the 15th witness in Zahid's graft case involving his alleged misuse of the foundation's funds.
Khairuddin (above) was examined by deputy public prosecutor Raja Rozela Raja Toran who asked him to testify to the veracity of his SD signed in 2017.
Raja Rozela: YB, based on the fourth paragraph in the SD [...] did YB receive any credit card bills from Datuk Seri (Zahid) for payment?

Khairuddin: No.
Raja Rozela: Based on the fifth paragraph of the SD [...] did YB use any Yayasan Akalbudi cheques or funds to pay Datuk Seri (Zahid's) credit cards?
Khairuddin: No.
Raja Rozela: Based on the sixth paragraph [...] did YB ask Datuk Seri (Zahid) to return the money that had been used to the foundation?
Khairuddin: No.
Raja Rozela: Based on your answers YB, are paragraphs four, five and six in the SD true?
Khairuddin: Not true.
Hutan Melintang is a state seat within the Bagan Datoh parliamentary constituency held by Zahid.
In the 2017 SD, Khairuddin appeared to have taken the fall for Zahid by claiming that it was he who had decided to use the foundation's funds to pay off Zahid's credit cards based on the belief that most of the foundation's funds were donated by Zahid anyway.
Khairuddin claimed in the false SD that he later realised his mistake and asked Zahid to repay the funds, which he supposedly did. However, it was revealed in court today that none of these events took place.
The exact wording of the three paragraphs which Khairuddin has now admitted to be false are as follows:
Paragraph 4: Some time in the year 2014/2015, Datuk Seri gave me some bills for settlement with the bank.
Paragraph 5: I, without any other intention, was of the view that I could use the monies in the foundation to settle the bills of Datuk Seri since a major portion of the funds of the foundation was personally contributed by Datuk Seri.
Paragraph 6: I have now realised my view was incorrect and I have requested Datuk Seri to refunds the monies (totalling RM805,768.26) used to settle the bills, which monies Datuk Seri has since paid back to the foundation.
Khairuddin also admitted that he had never dealt with Zahid's credit card bills, claiming that the contents of the SD were not written by him and that it was drafted by a lawyer by the name of "Muralidharan".
The Umno lawmaker said he agreed to sign the document as he was made to understand by the lawyer that the money had been returned. He said the signed the document at a mamak stall near Menara UOA, Jalan Bangsar on April 20, 2017.
He added that he knew "Muralidharan" as someone who had shown up at events in Zahid's parliamentary constituency of Bagan Datoh.
Earlier, Rozela told the court that she wanted to invoke Section 132 of the Evidence Act to compel Khairuddin to answer questions that could incriminate him.
However, the same provision protects Khairuddin from his incriminating answers from being used against him for prosecution.
High Court Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah, in accordance with a requirement under Section 132 to inform the witness of this, told Khairuddin that his answers could not be used against him unless he lied to the court.
Zahid's defence counsel Ahmad Zaidi Zainal, who later cross-examined Khairuddin, suggested that the three paragraphs said to be false were not reasonable to begin with as Khairuddin was never a legal signatory for Yayasan Akalbudi.
Khairuddin agreed with the suggestion, stating: "Throughout my time as a member of the board of trustees, I had never signed any cheques belonging to Yayasan Akalbudi," he said.
Zahid is standing trial for 42 charges involving the alleged misused of Yayasan Akalbudi's funds.
Of the 42 charges, 12 are for criminal breach of trust, eight for corruption and 27 for money laundering. - Mkini

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