{
  "id": 1692372,
  "title": "KCJ Engineering initially failed Jana Wibawa’s technical assessment, court told",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/kcj-engineering-initially-failed-jana-wibawas-technical-assessment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/08/18/kcj-engineering-initially-failed-jana-wibawa-s-technical-assessment-court-told"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A finance ministry officer testified in the Kuala Lumpur High Court that construction firm KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd, linked to alleged RM800,000 political donations, had initially failed a Jana Wibawa programme technical assessment. Rosni Yusoff, a government procurement division secretary, described KCJ Engineering being reassessed after receiving a letter from the then-Prime Minister's Office. The contractor assessment committee meeting concluded in February 2021 that KCJ Engineering had met all criteria required in all three assessments. KCJ Engineering ultimately secured a road construction project under the Jana Wibawa programme.",
  "summary": "A finance ministry officer testifies that the firm was assessed following a recommendation by then prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin to appoint the company.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-18T08:52:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Jana Wibawa case: KCJ Engineering failed preliminary assessment, court told",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/jana-wibawa-case-kcj-engineering-failed-preliminary-assessment-court",
        "published": "2026-08-18T10:14:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "KCJ Engineering initially failed Jana Wibawa’s technical assessment, court told",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/kcj-engineering-initially-failed-jana-wibawas-technical-assessment-1695663",
        "published": "2026-08-18T10:36:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}