Arahan PMO nilai syarikat diterima menerusi MoF, mahkamah diberitahu

Perdana Menteri Muhyiddin Yassin faced four charges of wrongfully using his position to demand RM225.3 million for his party from Bukhary Equity, Nepturis Sdn Bhd, Mamfor Sdn Bhd, Azman Yusoff, and KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd. The Attorney General's Chambers informed the High Court that while the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) does not intervene directly in decisions involving the Janu Wibawa project, the assessment of the company came from the PMO through the Ministry.

Rosni Yusoff, who chaired the Jana Wibawa contractor assessment panel under the Ministry's Acquisition Branch, stated that neither the PMO nor then-Prime Minister Muhyiddin intervened in the panel's decision-making process. When cross-examined, Rosni agreed with Muhyiddin's lawyers, Chetan Jethwani, that he did not receive any instructions from the PMO, and neither did Muhyiddin or the PMO interfere with the panel's meeting or decision.

However, when questioned further by Deputy Prosecutor Noralis Mat, Rosni was asked to explain his earlier statement that the panel would not assess companies not favored by the PMO. "I accept instructions via a memo, and that memo came from the PMO to the Minister of Finance. The Minister then forwarded it to the Assistant Secretary of the Acquisition Branch, who recorded it for me.

From there, we would assess the companies involved and, after the assessment was complete, bring them to the Jana Wibawa Contractor Assessment Panel. Yes, the decision was made without any PMO interference. However, the instructions we received to assess those companies came from the PMO through the Ministry of Finance," he said.

Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin, 79, faced four charges of misusing his position to demand RM225.3 million on behalf of his party from Bukhary Equity, Nepturis Sdn Bhd, Mamfor Sdn Bhd, Azman Yusoff, and KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd. The former Prime Minister also faced three charges of misappropriating RM200 million, which he allegedly received from Bukhary Equity and deposited into Bersatu's accounts at AmBank and CIMB Bank between 1 March 2020 and 8 July 2022. The trial before Judge Noor Ruwena Nurdin continued on 26 August.