Ditamas Sdn Bhd director Shamsuddin Hayroni (pic) had direct dealings with former Selangor Mentri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo in his construction and property development business.
Shamsuddin told the High Court trying Dr Khir for corruption yesterday that he had met Dr Khir personally to apply for projects.
The prosecution's second witness said among the projects that he had applied for was a residential area project in Bandar Baru Bangi.
According to an agreement signed in 2002 between Shamsuddin's company Roniaga Sdn Bhd and Perbadanan Kerajaan Negeri Selangor (PKNS), a state subsidiary chaired by Dr Khir, the project was supposed to be completed in 2006.
Shamsuddin said he had submitted an application for an extension of the deadline. “I sent a written application stating my reasons for an extension and passed it to him (Dr Khir) myself.”
Shamsuddin also testified that he was introduced to Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Bhd's chief executive officer Saiful Azmir Shahabudin in 2004 when the latter was looking for a buyer for two plots of land and a bungalow in Section 7 here.
He said Saiful's asking price of RM7mil for the bungalow was “too expensive”.
At this juncture, Shamsuddin, who had known Dr Khir from his early days as Mentri Besar, appeared agitated during his examination-in-chief by DPP Abdul Wahab Mohamed.
“Are you not well? We need to find the truth, that's all,” said Justice Mohtarudin Baki who adjourned the trial to today.
Earlier, the court heard that Saiful had sold the two plots and the bungalow for RM6.5mil to Ditamas in December 2004.
Saiful, however, agreed with Dr Khir's lawyer M. Athimulan that the transfer of ownership agreement recorded the amount as RM5mil and not RM6.5mil.
He had bought the two plots for RM1.3mil in 1995 and 1996.
He built a 15,000 sq ft bungalow with a four-car garage, a swimming pool, a gazebo, a fish pond, jogging track and landscaped the garden extensively.
Dr Khir, 45, was charged with knowingly purchasing the properties at a muhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifch lower price than its original value from Shamsuddin in 2007 and is alleged to have committed the offence at the Selangor Mentri Besar's official residence on May 29.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
He faces a two-year jail term, a fine or both if convicted.
Source : The Star
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