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.

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.