Zahid’s trial: Moneychanger boss Omar Ali gave RM100,000 cash in bag to convert into cheques, says witness
Omar Ali Abdullah is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court June 18, 2020. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Mohamed Husein said he had first started working at Omar Ali’s moneychanger outlet Marhaba Enterprise Sdn Bhd in Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur in 2013, and is currently a cashier there. Mohamed Husein then verified an application form for the banker’s cheque worth RM100,000 to be issued by Hong Leong Bank, confirming that he had written down details such as his name, his identity card number and his phone number, and followed Omar Ali’s instructions by writing down Lewis & Co as the recipient.
After filling up the form, Mohamed Husein said he had then brought the RM100,000 in cash to a bank counter and paid RM11.96 for fees, and that the bank then handed him two banker’s cheques for RM50,000 each as instructed by Omar Ali. Earlier this week, Hong Leong Bank’s Jalan Sultan Ismail branch official Wong Shiau Ping had verified that Mohamed Hussein had transferred money via two banker’s cheques both dated June 7, 2016 and for RM50,000 each to Lewis & Co for the written purpose of “lawyers’ fees”.
Among other things, several witnesses in Zahid’s trial had earlier this week told the court that they had placed their trust in Omar Ali when
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