THE Kuala Lumpur High Court was told today that Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) received RM800,000 through four separate cheque payments issued by a construction and engineering company four years ago.
The matter was confirmed by prosecution witness Chang Hui Chin, 50, an operations officer with Maybank Shah Alam, who said KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd made the payments to Bersatu on 1 September 2022.
Chang said this when reading from her witness statement, referring to KCJ Engineering’s Maybank statement dated 31 October 2022, which showed four cheque withdrawals of RM200,000 each.
“I confirm there are signatures on the cheques and I confirm that the signatures belong to Zulhelmi Mairin @ Kunting and Mohd Zaid Yusoff, who are authorised signatories for the KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd account,” she said.
Chang was testifying in the case of former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who faces seven charges involving abuse of power and money laundering in relation to the Jana Wibawa project.
The witness also confirmed she had been referred to the company’s account opening documents dated 19 October 1999, which listed company directors and authorised signatories, including Datuk Azman Yusof.
Under cross-examination by defence counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Chang agreed that all four cheque recipients were Bersatu.
She also agreed with the defence suggestion that all payments were properly recorded and that the transactions were transparent.
“All four transactions can be seen in the cheque payment financial statements and the cheque recipient records, and this was agreed by the witness,” the court heard.
Earlier proceedings on 9 March were told that Bersatu accounts received RM19.3 million through 28 cheque transactions six years ago, which triggered red flags and were reported to Bank Negara Malaysia.
The court was also informed that the party received an additional RM6 million between February and November 2022.
Muhyiddin, 78, who was then prime minister and Bersatu president, faces four charges of using his position to obtain gratification amounting to RM225.3 million linked to the Jana Wibawa project from three companies and an individual.
He is alleged to have committed the offences at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya between 1 March 2020 and 20 August 2021 under Section 23(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of five times the value of the gratification or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
The Pagoh MP also faces three charges of receiving proceeds from unlawful activities amounting to RM200 million, allegedly deposited into Bersatu’s Ambank and CIMB accounts in Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur between February 2021 and July 2022.
The charges are framed under Section 4(1)(b) read together with Section 87(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine of five times the value of the proceeds or RM5 million, whichever is higher.
The hearing before Judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin continues on April 16. - April 13, 2026
