00:01A managing director told the High Court on Monday that he contributed 19.5 million ringgit to Bersatu
00:08as a reward to help his brother's company secure a road project under the Jana Wibawa program.
00:15Shahrazi Shamsuddin, managing director of Mumfo Sendirian Berhad, MFSB,
00:20testified that businessman Datuk Azman Youssof approached him in April and May 2021,
00:26asking him to contribute to Bersatu while assuring him he would help Sutrakom Sendirian Berhad
00:33secure the Pulao Inda Ring Road Phase 3 project.
00:36The 44-year-old was testifying as the 20th prosecution witness in the trial of former Prime Minister Tan Sri
00:44Muhyiddin Yasin,
00:45who faces seven charges of abuse of power and money laundering.
00:49Shahrazi said he sought Azman's help after Sutrakom was invited by the Public Works Department
00:54to participate in the project's pre-qualification exercise.
00:58He said 10.5 million ringgit was paid before Sutrakom received its letter of acceptance,
01:04with the remaining 9 million ringgit paid afterwards.
01:07Although Azman did not specify the amount,
01:10Shahrazi estimated it at 3-4% of the contract value.
01:15Sutrakom later submitted a 605.2 million ringgit tender in February 2022
01:21and received the letter of acceptance in October that year.
01:26During examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Wan-Shaharuddin Wan-Ladin,
01:32Shahrazi agreed the 19.5 million ringgit was a reward, not a donation or remuneration.
01:39He also said he had never donated to any other political party
01:43and that, otherwise, the money would have been used for the company's operations,
01:48savings, asset purchases and debt repayments.
01:52Shahrazi said he handed the cheque to a Bersatu staff member
01:55at the party's Pataling Jaya office, not directly to any party leader.
02:00The witness also said he prepared six letters supporting Sutrakom's bid
02:05using licences from companies owned by his brother
02:08and an acquaintance with the owner's consent.
02:11The letters were addressed to Muhyiddin, then Prime Minister and Bersatu President
02:16seeking support for Sutrakom's pre-qualification bid.
02:20Muhyiddin, 79, faces four charges of abusing his position
02:26to allegedly solicit 232.5 million ringgit for Bersatu
02:31from Bukhari Equity Sendirian Berhad, Nepturis Sendirian Berhad,
02:36Mamfor Sendirian Berhad and Datuk Azman Yusof
02:39in connection with the Janna-Wibawa program.
02:42He also faces three money laundering charges involving 200 million ringgit
02:47allegedly deposited into Bersatu's AMBank and CIMB bank accounts.
02:52The trial before Judge Noor Rouena Mohamed Nurdin continues on Tuesday.
