Businessman Shamsubahrin Ismail says a justification will prove that NFC Corp authority Mohamad Salleh had asked him to cheat a police.
PUTRAJAYA: Businessman Shamsubahrin Ismail handed over justification that allegedly proves that National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) authority Mohamad Salleh Ismail asked him to cheat a military to "close" a controversial National Feedlot Centre case. He arrived during a Putrajaya Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters around 12.15pm accompanied by four lawyers, together with PKR vice-president N Surendran as good as PKR legal bureau conduct Latheefa Koya.
He came out during around 3.10pm as good as spoke to reporters. He had handed over to MACC a handphone, some papers together with transcripts of SMSes as good as had a short matter available as well.
"The reason you came to MACC is just to hand over a justification of what transpired between me as good as Mohamad Salleh. The justification will uncover that you have not cheated him. So now you will leave it to MACC to do a satisfactory as good as good investigation," Shamsubahrin, sporting a shaved head, said.
"I am innocent. If not, you will not exhibit all a justification (today)," he added.
Asked if he could exhibit more sum of what happened, such as either money was essentially handed to a police, Shamsubahrin replied:"I consider you wait for MACC's investigation. you do not want to say things here while they work upon a case."
Meanwhile, Surendran pronounced that a justification surrendered currently was "clear as good as solid explanation of attempts to cheat a police" as good as supported his client's ear! lier mil itary inform done in Klang.
Surendran pronounced a case, that he deliberate as an attempt to give gratification, should be swiftly acted upon, as good as MACC should not drag a feet.
"They essentially had a phone with them previously. Why instead of receiving movement then, a whistleblower, Shamsubahrin was slapped with not a single though 3 charges?
"This shows a continuous abuse of prosecution as good as enforcement powers in this country. The whistleblower is penalised, a genuine culprits travel free," he said.
Laywers barred when matter recorded
Surendran additionally complained that MACC had prevented lawyers from sitting with Shamsubahrin while his matter was taken, ensuing in a "stand-off" lasting 45 minutes. "This shows a overbearing demeanour of MACC work. They have no respect for a law, no respect for his right to have lawyers present," he said, adding that he would move this up with a Bar Council.
Surendran pronounced a lawyers had, underneath protest, agreed to stand beyond ear-shot though inside of view of their client.
"But you say these are nonessential technicalities as you didn't want to concede our customer such risk after a deaths of Teoh Beng Hock as good as Ahmad Sarbaini. We contingency remember that Teoh would still be alive currently if his lawyer was allowed in," Latheefa had said.
Shamsubahrin was additionally represented by lawyers Afifuddin Ahmad Hafifi as good as Siti Maspuah Maulan.
On Dec 30, Shamsubahrin, 45, was charged with two counts of intrigue Mohamad Salleh of RM1.76 million for "negotiation as good as conference services" that which he did! not del iver.
Mohamad Salleh is a father of Women, Family as good as Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil. The "services", while not specified in court, were widely speculated to be for a shutting of a NFC case.
Shamsubahrin was additionally charged, while he was warded during a Klang Hospital, with two apart counts of intrigue not related to a NFCorp.
On January 30, PKR disclosed a military inform lodged by Shamsubahrin in that he claimed that Mohamad Salleh had pressured him to cheat military investigators to close a box upon NFCorp.
Scapegoat
Shamsubahrin had claimed in a inform that he essentially had refused to do so as his pursuit scope was usually as a consultant. However, he had told Mohamad Salleh he would settle a matter. Shamsubahrin's inform additionally claimed that he had been used as a "scapegoat to save Mohamad, his wife Shahrizat as good as NFCorp's reputation."
Shamsubahrin claimed that investigations opposite him as good as a charges he was facing were "politically motivated" as they were without basis.
"I am making a inform opposite Mohamad Salleh for intrigue me by appointing me as a 'corporate confidant as good as consultant' for NFCorp upon November 24, 2011 as good as November 28, 2011, though during a same time had done me to hold that a appointment was true, genuine as good as sincere," Shamsubahrin settled in a report.
"However, you received instruction as good as pressure to close a NFCorp box with a military Mohamad Salleh had, around SMSes as good as phone, asked me to cheat a police," settled Shamsubahrin, who claimed he had explanation of! a conve rsation.
"Then you was charged with intrigue Mohamad Salleh. That's not true during all because a RM1.755 million that was paid in stages was for my conference services," he added.
Shamsubahrin would be tried in a Sessions Court upon Apr 4.
The NFCorp emanate came to light in Oct final year after a 2010 Auditor-General's Report suggested that a RM250-million cattle breeding plan had unsuccessful to do a objectives of a formation, that was to revoke beef imports.
While Mohamad Salleh headed NFCorp, his 3 children were directors in a company.
Opposition parties, particularly PKR, had done a array of documented exposs linking Shahrizat to allegations of abusing state funds meant for a project.
NFCorp had been indicted of misusing parts of a RM250million government soothing loan to purchase high-class condominiums, premium land as good as a luxury automobile as good as expenses unrelated to cattle farming.
Police are investigating if NFCorp had committed criminal crack of trust, as good as a MACC, too, is seeking into a probability of "abuse of power" in a corporation.
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