Datuk Rizal Mansor is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court January 8, 2020. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Testifying against his former boss who is on trial for corruption, Rizal also admitted to asking RM100,000 from Saidi and Rayyan, of which RM30,000 was paid into the account of his business partner, Datuk Ahmed Farriq Zainul Abiddin. Jagjit asked Rizal if he had “no shame” in using purportedly corrupt monies to fund his umrah through chartered flights and first-class accommodations, to which Rizal merely agreed.Jagjit: So you made the trip using corrupt funds?Jagjit: Oh, it was a political donation; if it was a political donation from the beginning, then the charges would not be laid against you?Rizal was earlier indicted on four charges of seeking and receiving bribes for himself and Rosmah amounting to RM5.