Khairy: I did not receive any money from UKSB

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has denied receiving any money personally from Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd (UKSB).

He said this when quizzed by reporters during a press conference today.

Khairy's response comes after several prominent figures were implicated when witnesses testified during the graft trial of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi involving the foreign visa system (VLN) in the High Court in Shah Alam, Selangor.

The secret ledger of Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd (UKSB), which contained code names and details of alleged payments of kickbacks made by the company to several individuals between 2014 and 2018, was submitted in court as evidence.

The UKSB ledger revealed several politicians allegedly receiving payments from the company.

The witnesses who testified included UKSB’s director Fadzil Ahmad (14th witness), former directors Harry Lee (15th witness) and Wan Quoris Shah Wan Abdul Ghani (16th witness) and its former administrative manager David Tan Siong Sun (17th witness).

The “KJ”, “Alamak” and “Bukit Damansara” recorded in the UKSB ledger refer to the health minister, the court heard.

Wan Quoris testified that they donated RM50,000 to RM200,000 to Khairy when he was the youth and sports minister.

He said the contributions were channelled through the Rembau division and not given directly to Khairy, also known as KJ, who was then the deputy head of the division.

Meanwhile, Tan also confirmed that Khairy was paid RM3.7 million as recorded in the ledger.

Wan Quoris further testified that Khairy was not involved in the VLN case.