Company paid RM1 mil to law firm linked to Zahid's graft case, court told

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Witness says part of the money was to settle his firm's 'problems with gangsters'. FMTNews ZahidHamidi MoneyLaundering Corruption

July 3, 2020 3:05 PM

Paul Latimer said part of the payment, made through three cheques between March 23, 2016 and April 6, 2016, was used to settle his company Cergas Murni Sdn Bhd’s “problems with the gangsters” as well as for the company’s expenditure. Latimer said his late boss, Mohd Shariff Yaakub, and a company director, Khatijah Suleiman, signed the three cheques. He said Shariff also knew Omar.

Another witness, Hashim Othman, told the court that his company, HRA Teguh Sdn Bhd, received a sum of RM217,000 in March 2016 from Omar.

 

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