KUALA LUMPUR — Bumiputera contractor Nepturis Sdn Bhd had given RM1 million to political party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) in 2022 as a “reward” after the company was awarded a RM141 million government project, instead of as a “donation”, a businessman told the High Court today.

Businessman Lian Tan Chuan, who said he owns 30 per cent of Nepturis’ shares through a verbal agreement with Nepturis’ current two Bumiputera shareholders, added that he believed that the company would not have won the contract without Muhyiddin’s support.

Lian said he had asked Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad, whom he had heard was close to and frequently played golf with Muhyiddin, to help get Muhyiddin’s written support for Nepturis’ application for the RM141 million project.

Lian, 55, said this as the 21st prosecution witness in Bersatu president and former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s power abuse and money laundering trial.

Today, Lian said Nepturis had on February 1, 2021 applied for the project to build the Klang Utara district police headquarters (IPD), and had on January 12, 2022 won the project, and had on February 16, 2022 issued a RM1 million cheque to Bersatu.