Ku did not declare commission of RM800,000, says witness
Published on: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Kuala Lumpur: The Sessions Court was told that the former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah did not declare a commission of RM800,000 to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as the money were used to buy shares. MACC investigation officer Mohamad Firdaus Ahmad Sabry said the commission were Ku's income as a broker in the sale of properties in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Baharu. He said Ku only informed the MACC about the commission in three conversations recorded on Dec 23, 2013; June 23, 2015; and Jan 21, 2016.
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During cross-examination by Ku's lawyer Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent, the fifth prosecution witness said Ku only declared a commission of RM30,000 for the purchase of a property in Tanjung Puteri, Johor Baharu, in the asset declaration form. However, Mohamad Firdaus agreed with Geethan's suggestion that Ku had no intention to hide from the MACC the information about the commission he received as recorded in the conversations. Geethan: As early as Dec 23, 2013, my client had informed that he had received a commission of RM30,000 from the sale of a property in Johor Baharu and another RM800,000 commission from the sale of other properties. Mohamad Firdaus: Correct.
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Geethan: On June 23, 2015, which is the continuation of the conversation on Dec 23, do you agree that Ku had given the details about the commission? Mohamad Firdaus: Agreed.
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Geethan: In the same conversation, when asked about the declaration, my client explained that he did not declare because the money were used to buy shares. Mohamad Firdaus: Correct. To a question on the declaration of shares owned by Ku, the witness said: "I did not deny that Ku declared his shares, but for the commission (used to buy shares), no." Ku, 58, who is now with the Bukit Aman CID secretariat, was charged under Section 49(3) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 for failing to declare the earnings obtained from a commission of RM961,500 in his sworn statement dated Jan 8, 2014. Ku was alleged to have committed the offence at the MACC headquarters at Block D6 of the Federal Government Administrative Centre in Putrajaya between Dec 23, 2013, and Jan 21, 2014. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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