Kuala Lumpur: A former director of SRC International Sdn Bhd told the High Court here today that he has no suspicions against the instructions he received from the then company chief executive officer as he believed it was from Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, Datuk Suboh Md Yassin said he does not have any doubts over the instructions given by Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, who is currently at large, as he was the top person in the company at the time. Suboh, now 74, said this when cross-examined by UMNO’s lawyer Mohamed Shahrul Fazli Kamarulzaman at the trial of the suit filed by SRC and its two subsidiaries, Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd and Jendela Pinggiran Sdn Bhd, against UMNO and Selangor UMNO in May 2021.
Mohamed Shahrul Fazli pressed Suboh on whether he believed that the instructions from Nik Faisal were genuinely from Najib, to which Suboh affirmed his trust in Nik Faisal’s words during his seven-year tenure at SRC under his leadership.
In his testimony yesterday, Suboh revealed that he signed four blank cheques without knowing they were intended for UMNO and UMNO Selangor. He stated that he signed the cheques based on Nik Faisal’s assertion that it was an instruction from a higher authority, namely Najib.
Today, when questioned by Datuk Hasnal Rezua Merican, representing Selangor UMNO, Suboh clarified that SRC’s constitution did not explicitly mention the provision of donations to political parties, leaving no specific guideline to allow or prohibit such actions.
During re-examination by SRC’s counsel Razlan Hadri Zulkifli, Suboh emphasized that Nik Faisal acted as a proxy for Najib. The lawsuit against UMNO seeks RM16 million, claimed to have been wrongfully transferred to the political party, alleging that UMNO had no rightful basis to receive the funds.
A separate lawsuit involves a claim for RM3.5 million against Selangor UMNO, which is also alleged to have received the funds. The hearing before Judge Datuk Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah Raja Mohzan is set to continue tomorrow.