Former Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairperson Lee Hwa Beng agreed with OC Phang's lawyer that most of the decisions regarding the controversial Port Klang Free Zone project were made by the Transport Ministry (MOT) and Finance Ministry (MOF).

Lee also agreed with lawyer Matthew Thomas Philip, for Phang, that Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd had made the initial offer in 1999 to the MOT and not PKA.

He said the government was interested in building a mega transhipment hub in the model of Jebel Ali in Dubai.

Lee, who was PKA chairperson from 2008 to 2011, said during cross-examination that the offer came from KDSB, that offered a 830 acre land (332 ha land) next to Westport in Port Klang and he agreed that the location of the land was important.