A Sarawak businessman told a sessions court in Kuala Lumpur today that Sime Darby Bhd was willing to pay RM400 million to Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS), if the Sarawak-based company manages to acquire native customary land (NCR) for development: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/282876
The businessman, Chew Chiaw Ann, said former Sime Darby chief executive officer, Ahmad Zubair @ Ahmad Zubir Murshid, told him this in 2008, after meeting with the then Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud.
This followed the state's condition that only a local company is involved in any development project involving NCR land. Sime Darby wanted to transform the vast NCR land into an oil palm plantation.
'Former Sime Darby CEO offered CMS RM400mil'
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It was for Cahya Mata Sarawak if it acquires NCR land for development court told.
