PMO issued letters listing firms for projects, court told
Senior finance ministry official testifies that letters of interest without a minute from the PMO had no value.
A senior finance ministry official testified in court that the procurement division only evaluated companies listed in letters from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for projects under the Jana Wibawa programme. The Deputy Secretary-General (Policy), Zamzuri Abdul Aziz, shared that the technical committee included KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd, Sutracom Sdn Bhd, and Nepturis Sdn Bhd among the assessed companies.
He explained that the evaluation was based solely on recommendations from the PMO, hence the need for letters from the PMO for each company. If a company's letter of interest did not come with a minute from the PMO, it would not go through the assessment stage and would be considered irrelevant. This testimony came during the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who is accused of soliciting bribes and money laundering involving RM200 million.
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