00:02A bank finance manager told the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Tuesday that a suspicious transaction report, or STR, was
00:10filed with Bank Nagara Malaysia after tens of millions of ringgit were deposited into Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's bank account.
00:18CIMB branch manager Lee Huyni testified that about 19.3 million ringgit was channelled into the account through 28 transactions
00:28between August 2021 and November 2022.
00:33She said four transactions totaling 4 million ringgit were deposited by an individual, Asman Youssef, while another 1 million ringgit
00:42came from Mamfor Sindirian Berhad.
00:45Lee also told the court the account was registered under the name Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia and classified as an
00:52investor account, with its business nature listed as a political party.
00:57According to Lee, the applicants for the account opening were Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Tanshri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Sri Mughriz
01:06Mahathir, Kamarul Zaman Habibur Rahman, Anina Saaduddin, and Syed Sadiq Syed Abdul Rahman.
01:15On December 1, 2020, the account holder's names were changed to Muhyiddin, Datuk Sri Ahmad Faizal Azumu, Datuk Sri Hamzah
01:25Zainuddin, and Datuk Mohamed Saleh Bajuri.
01:28She said,
01:29Banks are required to submit an STR to the central bank whenever suspicious or unusual transactions trigger a red flag,
01:37but added that banks do not have the authority to stop incoming transactions.
01:43During cross-examination, Lee said she was called several times by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission during investigations into the
01:51Jana Wibawa project, but was not asked to produce any STR.
01:56Former Prime Minister Tanshri Muhyiddin Yassin faces four charges of using his position to obtain bribes, totaling 225.3 million
02:07ringgit linked to the Jana Wibawa project.
02:11He also faces three charges of receiving proceeds from illegal activities amounting to 200 million ringgit, which were deposited into
02:20Bersatu's bank accounts.
02:32The
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