“I stress that this claim is not true at all,” said Shahril in a Facebook post.
“I also have no knowledge of a ledger which supposedly contains the name ‘S Pat’, or of the contents of this ledger.”
Shahril, who is also the economic adviser in the prime minister’s office, said that he was ready to fully cooperate with the authorities on the matter.
Testifying at the Shah Alam High Court today in the corruption trial of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, UKSB’s former administrative manager David Tan said Shahril received a total of RM1.162 million in political donations.
When cross-examined by Zahid’s lawyer, Hamidi Mohd Noh, Tan said that Shahril received monthly payments in the form of political donations as well as for the general election.
Tan also said that he kept a ledger of payments made to ministers, politicians and government servants between 2014 and 2018 in a spreadsheet in his laptop, with “S Pat” being Shahril’s codename in the ledger.
Tan added that two former ministers from MCA, Chan Kong Choy (transport) and Ong Ka Chuan (international trade and industry), had received RM7.8 million and RM920,000, respectively.
Tan had previously named former prime ministers Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Muhyiddin Yassin, former Sabah chief minister Shafie Apdal, former foreign minister Anifah Aman, former home minister Hishammuddin Hussein, and former deputy foreign minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican as among those who received money directly or through proxies.
With the exception of Mahathir, whose name was only revealed today, all the others have publicly denied receiving money from UKSB.
Zahid, 69, is facing 33 charges of receiving bribes amounting to S$13.56 million (RM42 million) from UKSB for himself as then home minister to extend the firm’s contract as the operator of the One-Stop Centre in China and the foreign visa (VLN) system as well as to maintain the contract agreement for the supply of the VLN integrated system.
On another seven counts, the former deputy prime minister is accused of obtaining for himself S$1.15 million, RM3 million, 15,000 Swiss francs and US$15,000 from the same company in connection with his official duties.
He is charged with committing all the offences between October 2014 and March 2018.
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