A witness in the corruption trial of  former Immigration director-general Wahid Md Don today claimed that a brother-in-law of a former home minister had received money from him to expedite approval of calling visas for foreign workers.

Burugabudeen Mohamed Ismail, 50, said the payments were made in cash and deposited into the account of the man known as Syed Abdullah in 2008, according to a Bernama report.