Finance Manager Confirms Preparing RM800,000 in Checks for Bersatu Donation

A finance manager has confirmed that she prepared four checks, each valued at RM200,000, for a donation to the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu). Zurieda Deres @ Musa testified that the checks, totaling RM800,000, were issued on the instruction of Datuk Azman Yusoff, the Managing Director of KCJ Engineering Sdn. Bhd.

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On September 1, 2022, Datuk Azman met with me at the KCJ Engineering Sdn. Bhd. office in Bukit Jelutong Industrial Park, Shah Alam, Selangor and directed me to prepare checks for donation to Bersatu amounting to RM 800,000.

According to Zurieda, Datuk Azman met her on September 1, 2022, at the KCJ Engineering office in Shah Alam, Selangor. He directed her to prepare the checks for donation to Bersatu. Zurieda recalled Azman mentioning that the donation was related to the Jana Wibawa project, which had been awarded to KCJ Engineering, although she was not given further details about the project itself.

Zurieda affirmed that regardless of the purpose, the instruction to prepare the RM800,000 donation came from Datuk Azman, her employer. She stated that as an employee, she was obligated to follow his directives. Her testimony was given during the trial of Muhyiddin Yassin, who is accused of using his position as Prime Minister and Bersatu President to receive RM232.5 million in bribes from Azman Yusoff and other companies.

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I confirm that whatever the purpose, the instruction to prepare donation checks totaling RM 800,000 was from Datuk Azman, who is the Managing Director of KCJ Engineering Sdn. Bhd., and I, as his employee, must carry out all his instructions.

Further explaining the breakdown of the RM800,000 into four separate RM200,000 checks, Zurieda noted that one of the official signatories was out of town at the time. The available signatories, Mohd Zaid Yusoff and Zulhelmi Mairin, could only sign checks up to RM200,000. Checks exceeding this amount would require the signature of Tengku Sarah, a shareholder, who Zurieda believed was also out of town. After the checks were signed by the directors, Zurieda handed them over to Datuk Azman.

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I prepared checks amounting to four pieces totaling RM200,000 each because the signatories available that day were Mohd Zaid Yusoff and Zulhelmi Mairin, and both could only sign checks not exceeding RM 200,000.