{"id":2554,"date":"2022-06-23T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffooi.com\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2022-08-09T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T05:46:17","slug":"day-24-witness-23-datuk-zarul-ahmad-mohd-zulkifli-czbucg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffooi.com\/?p=2554","title":{"rendered":"Day #24 \u2013 Witness #23: Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli (CZBUCG)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Businessman says Lim smiled after receiving envelope filled with cash.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

KUALA LUMPUR – June 23: A developer involved in the Penang undersea tunnel project today revealed how he had passed on envelopes containing cash to Lim Guan Eng<\/strong> at the Penang Chief Minister’s office in Komtar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli,<\/strong> who is the director of Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd<\/strong>, said Lim just smiled after receiving the cash filled envelopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 62-year old businessman said the first time he gave money to Lim was sometime during the run-up to Hari Raya in August 2013, and also after the 13th General Election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zarul said he gave money to Lim after his company was awarded the three paired roads and undersea tunnel project by the Penang government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further revealed that a second payment was made to Lim sometime during the run-up to Chinese New Year in January, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zarul said he had gone to Lim’s office on the 28th floor of Komtar after making an appointment to see the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was not required to sign in the visitors log book when I arrived at the office about 5pm. There was no one else in his office at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I had brought along RM100,000 cash which I later handed to Lim. I did not tell him how much I had brought but I just said this is for you Sir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He did not reject it…he just smiled after taking the A4 sized envelope filled with cash,” the key prosecution witness in Lim’s graft trial said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zarul added he had given the money to Lim to fulfil a promise of giving the chief minister a 10 per cent cut from the profits made by Consortium Zenith after it was awarded the tunnel project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explained that such a deal was cut when he was with Lim in a car following a dinner with former minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz<\/strong> in March 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the source of his funds was derived from investors in his company including the late Penang tycoon Datuk Ewe Swee Kheng<\/strong> and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I kept part of the funds in cash to be given to Lim,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zarul was testifying in Lim’s corruption trial involving the Penang undersea tunnel project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin<\/strong> before Sessions Court Judge Azura Alwi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trial continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOURCE: https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/news\/crime-courts\/2022\/06\/807515\/businessman-says-lim-smiled-after-receiving-envelope-filled-cash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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