00:02A key witness in the graft trial of Tanshri Muhyiddin Yassin admitted to the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Thursday
00:10that he testified in the trial to save himself from prosecution.
00:15KCJ Engineering Sendirian Berhad Director Datuk Siri Azman Yusof made the admission during cross-examination by defence lawyer Datuk Hisham
00:26Tehpoteik.
00:27Earlier, Nepturist Sendirian Berhad founder Lian Tanchuan testified that Azman had asked him to contribute to Muhyiddin's political party, Bersatu.
00:37Lian said he contributed RM1 million to Bersatu after Nepturist was awarded a RM141 million contract to build the Klang
00:47Utara police headquarters.
00:49Hisham put it to Azman that his motive for testifying for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission was to save himself
00:57from prosecution.
00:58Azman initially said he was not sure.
01:01However, after High Court Judge Justice Noor Rouena Mohamed Nordin repeated the question, Azman agreed on that.
01:10Hisham also suggested that Azman had used Muhyiddin's name to convince contractors to contribute but Azman disagreed.
01:19Asked whether he received bribes from contractors, Azman said he received contributions and disagreed that they were actually bribes.
01:29Hisham then suggested Azman could have been charged for accepting or soliciting bribes, but Azman said he was not sure.
01:37Hisham also raised a complaint against Azman with the MACC, which he said remained live as Azman had not received
01:46a letter of no further action.
01:48Muhyiddin faces four charges of using his position to obtain bribes totalling RM225.3 million in connection with the Jana
01:59Wibawa project.
02:00He also faces three counts of receiving proceeds from unlawful activities totalling RM200 million allegedly deposited into Bersatu's bank accounts
02:12between February 2021 and July 2022.
