Batu Kawan Umno chief Mohd Noor Ahmad said this when questioned by Najib’s lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.

When asked if the government had attempted to get money from the division through a forfeiture application, Noor Ahmad said no.

He added that he and other division members had not been prosecuted under money laundering laws.

“I was not informed that I would be charged,” he said.

Najib was said to have paid the Batu Kawan Umno division RM100,000 through his AmBank account on Aug 7, 2013. The money was allegedly the proceeds of illegal activities.

The former prime minister has been slapped with 25 counts of money laundering and abuse of power over alleged 1MDB funds amounting to RM2.28 billion deposited in his AmBank accounts between February 2011 and December 2014.

Noor Ahmad said he met Najib at the Prime Minister’s Office on Aug 6, 2013, and told the former prime minister that the division was lacking in funds.

“He (Najib) then wrote and signed a cheque to Batu Kawan Umno,” he said.

He said the division needed the funds to run its community programmes in Batu Kawan.

Najib’s former political secretary Wong Nai Chee, who also testified today, said RM246,000 was paid to businessman Lim Soon Peng who served as an intermediary between Najib and two companies – AD Network and Akademi Kewartawanan dan Informasi Taima

Wong, who is a member of MCA, said AD Network was paid to administer a Chinese Facebook page for Najib known as “Ah Gib Jor” while Akademi Kewartawanan dan Informasi Taima was paid for a Chinese publication.

“We wanted to project a balanced view of the government’s policies to the Chinese before the 2013 general election,” he said.

The hearing continues before High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah.