KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution team in the trial of Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor will prove that a cheque of RM2 million was personally delivered by businessman Tan Sri Chai Kin Kong to the former Federal Territories Minister at the latter’s office at the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) building.
Deputy public prosecutor Julia Ibrahim, in her opening statement on the first day of the trial, said that evidence will prove that Tengku Adnan, who is the accused in the case, had accepted for himself RM2 million from Chai Kin Kong via a Hong Leong Islamic Bank cheque number 80-0117974-7 belonging to Aset Kayamas Sdn Bhd which was later deposited into the CIMB Bank account of Tadmansori Holding Sdn Bhd in which he was the main shareholder, when it was known that Aset Kayamas had connection with his official duties.
Julia said the prosecution team would also prove that on Jan 27, 2015, Chai, as the director of Syarikat Aset Kayamas, had hand-delivered the “proposal for the purchase of land for the construction of affordable houses below the price of RM200,000 and non-fixed-priced apartment at Lot 53427 and 53653 measuring 4.05 hectares in Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur dated Jan 26, 2015” to the accused.
“The accused then instructed Datuk Zulkifli Ibrahim, the deputy director-general of Project Implementation and Maintenance through his minutes which read Ybhg Datuk Zul, sila teliti cadangan ini dan jika boleh dilaksanakan mengikut kaedah kongsi sama. Harap maklum balas, sila bincang dengan syarikat, (please look into this proposal and whether it can be implemented using a partnership approach. Take note and please discuss with the company),” she said before Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan.
Julia said evidence would also show that the application for the purchase of the land by Syarikat Aset Kayamas was rejected by the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur through a letter dated April 3, 2015.
“The prosecution will also submit the evidence showing that Syarikat Aset Kayamas had continued dealing with the (former) Minister of Federal Territories regarding the rejection and other matters related to the project,” she said. – Bernama
