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Norhaili Ahmad Mokhtar, 45, said the meeting was arranged by her friend, Nik Juliana, who was also a friend of Zizie Izette. She added that the meeting, which was held at a hotel in early 2014, was also attended by another investment agent, Madhi Abdul Hamid.
The 25th prosecution witness said that during the 10-minute meeting, she only had time to inform Bung about the proposed investment from Felcra, which could earn more profits than a fixed deposit.
“I did not have time to present the Public Mutual unit trust investment proposal,” she said during the examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Sophian Zakaria at the corruption trial of Bung and Zizie before judge Rozina Ayob.
Asked by Sophian what was Bung’s response after she explained the investment proposal, she said, “At that time there was no response because Datuk was rushing to perform zohor prayer”.
According to Norhaili, she asked Zizie to get Bung’s feedback, and the actress said she would try.
On the length of their meeting with Zizie, the witness said, “I’m not sure how long because it was during working hours and we had another appointment. We didn’t even drink anything”.
Following the meeting, Norhaili said she contacted Juliana to ask for her help in setting up another appointment with Bung so that she could present the proposal.
“I contacted Juliana to ‘proceed’ with Datuk Seri Bung Moktar. So, I asked Juliana to speak to Datin Seri Zizie Izette to have another meeting,” she said, adding that she had known Zizie through Juliana since 2013.
Norhaili will continue with her testimony tomorrow.
On May 3, 2019, Bung pleaded not guilty to two charges of receiving bribes amounting to RM2.2 million and RM262,500 as gratification to obtain the approval of Felcra to invest RM150 million in Public Mutual unit trust.
Bung, 64, who was the non-executive chairman of Felcra then, was accused of receiving bribes from Madhi via Zizie at the Public Bank branch in Taman Melawati here between 12.30pm and 5pm on June 12, 2015.
He also pleaded not guilty to receiving a bribe of RM335,500 from Norhaili under the name of Zizie for the same cause and at the same place on June 19, 2015.
Zizie, 44, also pleaded not guilty to three charges of abetting her husband on the matter at the same place, date and time.
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