{
  "id": 1680240,
  "title": "Ex-PM Muhyiddin’s trial: PMO gave names of contractors for Jana Wibawa projects, Finance Ministry officer says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ex-pm-muhyiddins-trial-pmo-gave-names-of-contractors-for-jana-wibawa-1680240",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T08:52:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/08/18/ex-pm-muhyiddins-trial-pmo-gave-names-of-contractors-for-jana-wibawa-projects-finance-ministry-officer-says/231813"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Finance Ministry officer testified that the Prime Minister's Office submitted names of contractors for several Jana Wibawa government projects, which were then evaluated by her committee. Specifically, KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd received a RM62 million contract to build a new road, Sutracom Sdn Bhd received a RM605.2 million contract to build and upgrade part of the Pulau Indah highway, and Nepturis Sdn Bhd received a RM141 million contract for the Klang Utara district police headquarters. The officer emphasized that contractors were only evaluated if proposed by the Prime Minister's Office, and KCJ Engineering failed the initial evaluation in December 2020 but passed the second evaluation after receiving additional information from the Prime Minister's Office.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) during the Muhyiddin administration had propos...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}