Bekas menteri kewangan II Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yackop (kanan) hadir di mahkamah di Butterworth hari ini sebagai saksi dalam perbicaraan melibatkan bekas setiausaha politiknya Hasbi Sattar...
Bekas menteri nafi tahu tentang ‘dana politik’...
Bekas menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop memberitahu Mahkamah Sesyen bahawa dia tidak tahu menahu tentang 'dana politik' kerana "saya bukan ahli politik".Nor Mohamed, yang juga bekas ahli parlimen Tasik Gelugor itu memberikan keterangan sebagai saksi pendakwa dalam kes penggubahan wang haram melibatkan bekas setiausaha politik beliau, Hasbie Satar, hari ini.
Hasbie, 41, yang didakwa menggubah wang berjumlah RM2,134,656, ditangkap pada 11 Februari 2010 apabila Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) menyerbu sebuah apartmen dan menjumpai wang itu.
Pegawai yang berasal dari Sarawak itu didakwa memperolehi wang itu dari sumber tidak baik di apartmen di Teluk Air Tawar, Butterworth.
Dia minta dibicarakan pada Februari 2011 lalu.
Nor Mohamed, yang kini Timbalan Pengerusi Khazanah Nasional, ditanya oleh timbalan pendakwaraya Anselm Charles Fernandis sekiranya beliau tahu tentang dana politik yang disimpan di apartmen, di mana kesalahan itu didakwa berlaku.
Ahli ekonomi yang pernah menjadi Menteri Kewangan Kedua dari 2004 hingga 2009, berkata dia tidak tahu menahu mengenainya.
Nor Mohamed mengaku dia pernah ke apartmen itu yang dijadikan tempat mesyuarat ahli-ahli politik di kawasan itu.
"Hasbie kadang-kadang tinggal di apartmen itu. Dia biasanya memberitahu saya jika dia ke Pulau Pinang.
"Saya tidak pernah memberikan beliau kebenaran untuk menyimpan wang di situ," katanya.
Nor Mohamed berkata, apartmen itu bukan pusat khidmat beliau kerana pejabatnya terletak di Sungai Dua ketika beliau menjadi ahli parlimen semasa kesalahan itu didakwa dilakukan.
Dia juga berkata, Hasbie tidak pernah memberitahunya tentang sebarang dana politik, dan oleh itu tidak tahu apa-apa tentang dana sebegitu kerana dia secara peribadi tidak biasa dengan prosedur bagaimana menguruskan wang untuk kepentingan politik.
"Saya tidak berapa tahu. Saya bukan ahli politik.
"Pada pendapat saya, jika ada apa-apa sumbangan (wang), ia seharusnya dimasukkan ke dalam akaun yang betul," katanya.
Hasbie, bekas setiausaha politik kepada Nor Mohamed, di mahkamah di Butterworth, hari ini...
Nor Mohamed merupakan ahli parlimen satu penggal. Beliau dipilih sebagai senator pada tahun 2004 apabila dilantik menjadi menteri kewangan kedua.
Semasa soal balas oleh peguambela Badrul Munir Bukhari kemudiannya, Nor Mohamed berkata beliau tidak tahu bagaimana wang sebegitu diperolehi dan bagaimana ia digunakan.
Katanya, beliau tidak ingat samada sumber wang itu adalah dari duit lebihan yang diperuntukkan oleh Umno untuk pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pasir yang diadakan sebelum itu.
Sebelum itu, dia memberitahu mahkamah yang dipimpin oleh hakim Ikmal Hisham Mohd Tajuddin, dia mula mengenali Hasbie pada Mei 2000.
Hasbie kemudiannya dilantik sebagai pegawai khas beliau apabila dia menjadi penasihat khas ekonomi bekas perdana menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, ketika itu.
Mahkamah akan bersambung perbicaraan pada 10 Mac ini, dengan 15 lagi saksi pendakwaraya dipanggil.
Hasbie berhadapan dengan hukuman denda sehingga RM5 juta atau lima tahun penjara, atau kedua-duanya sekali, di bawah Seksyen 4 (1) Akta Anti Penggubahan Wang Haram dan Anti Pembiayaan Wang untuk Keganasan 2001.
Dia juga menghadapi 28 pendakwaan penggubahan wang haram di Shah Alam. Dia didakwa pada tahun 2012 selepas menggubah RM935,000 yang dimasukkan ke dalam pelbagai akaun termasuk keluarganya. - tmi
Ex-minister not aware of aide’s ‘money-laundering’
Former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nor Mohamed Yakcop said he was not aware of the RM2.1 million allegedly received by his former political secretary Hasbie Satar, who was charged with money-laundering in February 2011.
“I do not really know. I am not really a politician, I am more of a technical person,” Nor Mohamed said during the examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Anselm Charles Fernandis in the Butterworth Sessions Court today.
“In my opinion if there is any contribution, he should inform the boss,” added Nor Mohamed, the current Khazanah deputy chairperson.
Nor Mohamed, who was also former second finance minister, also denied that Hasbie (in red in photo) had ever informed him about receiving any political funding.Asked about the procedures of receiving political funding, the former Tasek Gelugor parliamentarian said he was not sure about the matter.
“I am not a politician but in my opinion, if they were any political funding, it should be channelled to a proper account,” he answered.
Hasbie was nabbed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Feb 11, 2010 for being in possession of the cash at an apartment in Ayer Teluk Tawar.
The apartment is owned by former state Umno Youth chief Shaik Hussein Mydin, who testified in court in December last year that he bought the Seri Melor unit in June 2008 and rented it to Hasbie for RM1,500 per month for use as Nor Mohamed’ s service centre.
Shaik Hussein Mydin
Nor Mohamed however denied it was his official service centre, adding that he has one in Sungai Dua.“The place was used for political meetings, to meet some people,” Nor Mohamed said, adding that he had visited the unit and was aware that Hasbie stayed there when he was in Penang.
However, Nor Mohamed said he was not aware of the RM2.134 million allegedly received by Hasbie, nor did he have knowledge of whether the amount was kept in the apartment nor how it was used.
Judge Ikmal Hisham Mohd Tajuddin presided over the case which begun at 2.30pm today, while Badrul Munir Bukhairi acted as Hasbie’s defence lawyer.
During cross-examination, Badrul Munir asked if the money was a surplus from the Permatang Pasir by-election fund, in August 2009, which Umno eventually lost to PAS.
He was also asked whether he knew how much was the amount and that it was allegedly held by Hasbie and Nor Mohamed’s political secretary.
To this, the two-term senator replied, “I cannot remember and I am not sure.”
Nor Mohamed was also asked about his relationship with Hasbie since the two met in April 2000 when the former was appointed the economic adviser to then-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Nor Mohamed asked to clarify Hasbie’s role
Nor Mohamed was asked to clarify Hasbie’s role and duties as his senior secretary from 2004 to 2009 when the former was then second finance minister and from January 2008 to 2013 when he was minister in the PM’s Department.
He was also asked to state Hasbie’s job responsibilities when he was political secretary to the one-term MP (from March 2008 to May last year).
The DPP also went through normal procedures for procurement, tender and direct negotiation process for government projects.
“He worked as an administrator while he was senior secretary and took care of my official and political duties in Tasek Gelugor when I was MP,” said Nor Mohamed.
The 41-year-old Hasbie faces a fine of up to RM5 million or five years in prison or both, upon conviction under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Financing of Terrorism Act 2001.
The case was adjourned to March 6, while the DPP has another 15 witnesses to examine.
Hasbie is also facing 28 counts of money-laundering in Shah Alam.- malaysiakini
Pengerusi Penaja Suara Guru Masyarakat Malaysia (SGMM) Mohd Nor Izzat Mohd Johari diarah bertukar sekolah serta merta berkuatkuasa pada 17 Februari lalu.Beliau yang merupakan guru di sebuah sekolah di Jerantut memaklumkan telah mendapat surat pertukaran sekolah daripada Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri (JPN), semalam.
"Saya diarah bertukar ke sebuah sekolah di luar Jerantut, di daerah lain," katanya.
Namun katanya, pihak JPN tidak pula menyatakan sebab utama pertukaran sekolah berlaku.
Namun, Izzat melahirkan rasa kecewa apabila hari ini terbukti Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) telah menggunakan kuasa diluar batasan mereka dalam usaha mematahkan semangat guru untuk mendidik anak bangsa dengan acuan yang betul.
"Saya tonggak utama bagi usaha memansuhkan PBS setelah mendapati sistem ini sangat merugikan masa dan tenaga.
"Walaupun pihak KPM hendak kenakan tindakan biarlah pada saya seorang jangan pada guru-guru lain, anggaplah ini yang terakhir pihak kementerian buat sesuka hati mereka," katanya kepada Harakahdaily.
"Saya mohon guru-guru sama-sama menyatakan kesepakatan kita demi masa depan anak murid kita. Himpunan 222 akan tetap diteruskan esok," katanya.
Sebelum ini Izzat telan mendapat surat peringatan pertama daripada Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah berikutan, Himpunan 222 yang akan diadakan esok di Masjid Al Hasanah, Bandar Baru Bangi.- harakahdaily
Gov't transfers leader of teachers protest...
The teacher behind a demonstration today to protest the school-based assessment system (SBA) has been transferred with immediate effect.Mohd Nor Izzat Mohd Johari, who is Suara Guru Masyarakat Malaysia working group chief, said he had received the letter of transfer yesterday from the district education office.
The visual arts teacher declined to name the schools, but said he only had to travel 25km to his current school in Jerantut whereas his new school will be 80km away.
"I am confused because I was transferred without reasonable grounds.
"The excuse given was a cliche - that my services are required at the new place," he told Malaysiakini when contacted.
Izzat noted that even though he received the letter yesterday, it had been dated Feb 17 signed by the state district office director.
Despite the transfer, Izzat insisted that he will report to his old school tomorrow.
He added that he will be seeking legal advice over the abrupt transfer.
Izzat said the transfer will not deter his spirit to see the ‘222 Mansuh PBS (222 Abolish SBA)’ protest that will start at 1pm at the Bandar Baru Bangi mosque today.
Teachers have complained about the poor manner in which the SBA was rolled out, forcing them to be tied up with data entry on top of a system that is unreliable and constantly crashes.
The government has since announced that the system is under review.- malaysiakini
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