EVERAL officers of the Prime Minister’s Department (PMO) Research Division were seen pulling black and red bags and suitcases, in and out of the floors housing the offices of former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation DG Datuk Hasanah Ab Hamid (picture) and her deputies.
This was based on several CCTV clips from 163 CCTV files screened for almost one hour at the Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday during the trial of Hasanah, who allegedly committed criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving US$12.1 million (RM50.4 million) when she was DG of the PMO’s research division.
Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Ahmad Farid Ahmad Kamal played the CCTV recordings during his examination-in-chief of Badri Azni, 37, an investigating officer at the Technological Forensic Division of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters.
The recordings showed several men moving the luggage via the lifts on levels one and seven and car porch of Block B4, JPM on April 30 and May 9, 2018.
However, the court was not told of the contents of the luggage. When asked by Hasanah’s lawyer Muhammad Ashraff Mohd Diah during cross-examination on whether the accused was seen in the hundreds of files shown in court today, Badri, the eighth prosecution witness, said: “No.” Another witness Norrashid Mahmud, 59, a former auxiliary policeman at the PMO, said he could recognise all the individuals seen in the CCTV recordings.
“They are administrative and diplomatic officers at Block 4, PMO (Research Division),” the ninth prosecution witness said during examination-in-chief by DPP Mohd Fairuz Johari on the sixth day of the trial.
When reading out his witness statement, Norrashid said he knew all the officers and staff in the division because he worked there for more than 20 years before retiring on Oct 20 last year.
On Oct 25, 2018, Hasanah, 64, pleaded not guilty to a charge that as a civil servant, the DG of research of the PMO, she committed CBT involving US$12.1 million belonging to the Malaysian government.
The charge under Section 409 of the Penal Code provides for a jail term of up to 20 years, and whipping and fine on conviction.
The hearing before Judge Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh will resume on Monday.
