Ibrahim Sahari, 58, who is the former Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd director, said Zarul Ahmad had told him about it after he was freed from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ’s detention in January 2018.Guan Eng trial: Exec director admitted ‘cooking the books’ to cover withdrawals for bribes, court told
“However, Datuk Zarul did not tell me about the amount and how the bribes were given to Lim Guan Eng,” he said when reading out his witness statement in court.The 29th prosecution witness also admitted to corroborating in producing fake company documents to cover the traces of the withdrawals of funds to be given to Lim as bribes.
During cross-examination by lead defence counsel Gobind Singh Deo, he admitted that he did not personally see the alleged bribes being handed to Lim.Their exchange became heated when Gobind questioned how Ibrahim, once a head of compliance and supervision for the international banking division at Maybank, agreed to help falsify company documents.Ibrahim: Yes.