The court was hearing the trial of former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation director-general Hasanah Abdul Hamid today on charges involving US$12.1 million (RM50.4 million) criminal breach of trust.
“On May 3, 2018, I was on duty from 10am to 10pm at the premises. My colleague Jowy Kong Kim Kee was also on duty. At around noon, four male customers came into the shop and asked about several Omega watches” said the shop’s sales consultant Chua Sook Shin @ Miss Juraiporn Chua, 29.
“I assisted Jowy to serve the four customers and after Jowy provided an explanation, they chose six watches and one of them made a cash payment of RM142,410,” said the fifth prosecution witness after reading her witness statement in front of Judge Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh.
On Oct 6 last year, in the opening statement on the first day of trial, the prosecution said they would prove that Hasanah committed breach of trust amounting to US$12.1 million with a part of it being used to purchase six luxury watches and causing the Malaysian government to suffer losses.
According to Chua, she handled and received the payment for the watches and recorded the details with the model of the watches and price into the point of sales (POS) system.
“I then issued six invoices for the watches. I also issued a form known as a Customer Relationship Management Form to the buyer and the purpose of the form is to collect customer data,” she said.
She, however, could not recognise any of the individuals who bought the watches because it happened too long ago.
According to Chua, the watch models bought were Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra, Omega Seamaster Diver 300, Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch and Omega Constellation Ladies.
The prosecution witness said that in November 2018, an officer from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) came to the store and enquired about the purchase of the six watches.
“I checked the POS system and confirmed the purchase of the six watches at our store. I also printed out copies of the invoices we issued for the purchase to be handed over to the MACC,” Chua said.
Meanwhile, Etihad Airways officer, Emi Azura Samsudin, 41, informed the court that a woman named ‘Hasanah’ took a flight to Abu Dhabi together with two individuals on April 8, 2018 and all three subsequently returned home on April 10, 2018.
On Oct 25, 2018, Hasanah, 64, pleaded not guilty to charges that the director-general of the Prime Minister’s Research Department, had committed criminal breach of trust amounting to US$12.1 million belonging to the Malaysian government.
She is charged with committing the offence at the director-general’s office, research division, Prime Minister’s Department, Kompleks JPM, in Putrajaya between April 30 and May 9, 2018, under Section 409 of the Penal Code that carries a jail sentence of up to 20 years if found guilty.
The trial resumes tomorrow.