We refer to the articles on the online portal of the Edge Markets dated 19 October 2018 titled “Datasonic, MyEG implicated in charges against Zahid” and “MyEG active, falls 2.67% on being implicated in charges against Zahid” as well as Malaysiakini dated 19 October 2018 titled “LIVE: Zahid slapped with 45 charges for CBT, money laundering”
The Board of Directors (“The Board”) would like to reiterate that the Company had never made any payments to any party during the process to secure any of the Company’s concessions awarded by the Government.
The Board would like to clarify that the Company is not a party to the charges against the former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (“Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid”).
The charges against Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid outlined in Malaysiakini are as follow:
Charge Number 11
Receiving gratification as Home Minister for accepting a RM250,000 cheque from Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services to help the company get a MyEG project on Jul 15, 2016.
Actual Charge extracted from the filings with the Kuala Lumpur High Court is as follows:
PENDAKWA RAYA LAWAN AHMAD ZAHID BIN HAMIDI
PERTUDUHAN KESEBELAS
Bahawa kamu, pada 15 Julai 2016, di Malayan Banking Berhad, Cawangan Dataran Maybank, Aras 1, Tower A, Dataran Maybank, No. 1, Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, di dalam Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, telah secara rasuah menerima suatu suapan daripada syarikat Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services, iaitu sekeping cek Public Islamic Bank Berhad bernombor 109144 bernilai RM250,000.00 milik syarikat Jogabonito Jewellery & Diamonds melalui Junaith Asharab bin Md. Shariff menggunakan akaun Maybank milik Lewis & Co. bernombor xxxxxxxxxxxx, sebagai dorongan untuk diri kamu sebagai pegawai badan awam, iaitu Menteri Dalam Negeri di Kementerian Dalam Negeri Malaysia, bagi melakukan suatu transaksi yang dicadangkan berlaku, iaitu kamu akan membantu syarikat Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services untuk mendapatkan projek-projek MyEG dibawah kendalian Kementerian Dalam Negeri Malaysia, dan dengan itu kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan di bawah seksyen 16(a)(B) Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia 2009 [Akta 694] dan boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 24(1) Akta yang sama.
Charge Number 12
Receiving gratification as Home Minister for accepting 13 cheques worth RM8 million from Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services to help the company get a MyEG project between Dec 7, 2016 and Jan 5, 2017.
Actual Charge extracted from the filings with the Kuala Lumpur High Court is as follows:
PENDAKWA RAYA LAWAN AHMAD ZAHID BIN HAMIDI
PERTUDUHAN KEDUA BELAS
Bahawa kamu, di antara 7 Disember 2016 dan 5 Januari 2017, di Malayan Banking Berhad, Cawangan Dataran Maybank, Aras 1, Tower A, Dataran Maybank, No. 1, Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, di dalam Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, telah secara rasuah menerima suatu suapan daripada syarikat Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services, iaitu 13 keping cek RHB Islamic Bank Berhad bernombor 000016, 000017, 000018, 000019, 000020, 000022, 000023, 000026, 000027, 000028, 000029, 000030 dan 000031 bernilai RM8,000,000.00 milik syarikat Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services melalui Junaith Asharab bin Md. Shariff menggunakan akaun Maybank milik Lewis & Co. bernombor xxxxxxxxxxxx sebagai dorongan untuk diri kamu sebagai pegawai badan awam iaitu Menteri Dalam Negeri di Kementerian Dalam Negeri Malaysia, bagi melakukan suatu transaksi yang dicadangkan berlaku, iaitu kamu akan membantu syarikat Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services untuk mendapatkan projek-projek MyEG dibawah kendalian Kementerian Dalam Negeri Malaysia, dan dengan itu kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan di bawah seksyen 16(a)(B) Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia 2009 [Akta 694] dan boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 24(1) Akta yang sama.
Charge Number 13
Receiving gratification as Home Minister for accepting 10 cheques worth RM5 million from Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services to help the company get a MyEG project on Feb 8, 2017.
Actual Charge extracted from the filings with the Kuala Lumpur High Court is as follows:
PENDAKWA RAYA LAWAN AHMAD ZAHID BIN HAMIDI
PERTUDUHAN KETIGA BELAS
Bahawa kamu, pada 8 Februari 2017, di Malayan Banking Berhad, Cawangan Dataran Maybank, Aras 1, Tower A, Dataran Maybank, No. 1, Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, di dalam Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, telah secara rasuah menerima suatu suapan daripada syarikat Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services iaitu 10 keping cek RHB Islamic Bank Berhad bernombor 000072, 000073, 000074, 000075, 000076, 000077, 000078, 000079, 000080 dan 000082 bernilai RM5,000,000.00 milik Berani & Jujur Trading melalui Junaith Asharab bin Md. Shariff menggunakan akaun Maybank milik Lewis & Co. bernombor xxxxxxxxxxxx sebagai dorongan untuk diri kamu sebagai pegawai badan awam, iaitu Menteri Dalam Negeri di Kementerian Dalam Negeri Malaysia, bagi melakukan suatu transaksi yang dicadangkan berlaku, iaitu kamu akan membantu syarikat Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services untuk mendapatkan projek-projek MyEG dibawah kendalian Kementerian Dalam Negeri Malaysia, dan dengan itu kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan di bawah seksyen 16(a)(B) Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia 2009 [Akta 694] dan boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 24(1) Akta yang sama.
The Company and the Board would like to clarify that both the Company and the Board:
- have no knowledge of the company, Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services (“Mastoro”) named in the charges and its board of directors;
- have never been in contact with any representative from Mastoro or its board of directors;
- have no knowledge of the dealings between Mastoro and Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid;
- have never awarded any projects or have any dealings with Mastoro; and
- the Company has never appointed any vendor or contractors in any of its dealings with the Ministry of Home Affairs
Furthermore, the Company is seeking clarification from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (“MACC”) as to the details of the charges and to confirm that the Company and its Board are not a party to the investigation leading to the charges against Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid. An announcement will be released in regard to this clarification once MACC has replied.
This announcement is dated 19 October 2018.