KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 — Former Terengganu mentri besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said told the High Court here today that he never received instructions or orders from the Sultanah of Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah to appoint fugitive businessman, Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, in the Terengganu Investment Authority .
He said this when cross-examined by lawyer Datuk Haziq Pillay Abdullah, representing Sultanah Nur Zahirah, during hearing of a defamation suit filed by Sultanah Nur Zahirah againstThe suit was over Rewcastle-Brown’s allegations in the book,, which Sultanah Nur Zahirah claimed described her as an influential person who has the power to influence the Terengganu state government.
“As the senior chief executive of the state, which established TIA, I have never once seen Sultanah Nur Zahirah involved with TIA. I, as well as the state executive council had never appointed Jho Low as an adviser or a member of the board of directors or any position in TIA. In his witness statement, Ahmad, who is third and last witness for the plaintiff, said the allegation made against Sultanah Nur Zahirah that she used her position to influence the establishment of TIA was false, untrue and completely unfounded.
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