Zahid’s trial: Prosecution challenges Berani & Jujur owner’s credibility, seeks hostile witness declarationBusinessman Junaith Asharab Md Shariff is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court February 19, 2020. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Junaith Asharab, who is a textile wholesaler via Berani & Jujur Trading, was the prosecution’s 36th witness in the corruption and bribery trial of former home minister Zahid. “I was the one who determined for each cheque’s amount to be RM500,000 to avoid being asked with various questions by the bank. Then I handed them over to Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as witnessed by Datuk Seri Mohamad Nasaee,” he said, adding that Zahid then handed the cheques over to Mohamad Nasaee.
The other part that became contentious was the 56th paragraph in Junaith Asharab’s statement that he was asked by Zahid to submit a proposal on the purported promised “MyEG project” after the 14th general elections. Junaith Asharab went on to agree with Hamidi that the 10 cheques were issued for charity and as donation for mosque-building, further agreeing that these 10 cheques were not related to any MyEG project as he himself did not have IT expertise.
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