Day 4: Cross-examination of former education minister Mahdzir Khalid to continue

The corruption trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's wife, Rosmah Mansor, involving alleged misappropriation of funds for the supply and installation of solar energy at 369 rural schools in Sarawak continues today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.

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Summary of Rosmah Mansor's solar energy project case

The charges are related to the Education Ministry's solar project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak.

The project was valued at RM1.25 billion, and awarded to Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd through direct negotiation.

• Rosmah is facing 2 charges
• Click to view information on judge, prosecution and defence teams

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The corruption trial against Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, is expected to continue for its fourth day today with her defence lawyers resuming their cross-examination on former education minister Mahdzir Khalid.

Mahdzir, who is testifying as the fifth prosecution witness, has been giving his testimony against Rosmah since the second day of the hearing on Thursday.

He has since made several explosive revelations on how the contract to supply hybrid solar system to 369 schools in Sarawak, worth RM1.25 billion, had ended up in the hands of Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd which had no prior experience in the business of solar power system.

During yesterday's proceedings, Mahdzir testified in court that he had complained to Najib in 2016 of the behaviour of two individuals linked to Jepak who were lobbying for the project, where they had humiliated him but Najib only kept silent.

The court also heard from Rosmah's lawyer Jagjit Singh suggesting that Mahdzir had allegedly received RM50,000 from Jepak Holdings' managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin in 2015, but this was denied by the witness.

Jagjit later also claimed that Pekan Umno division secretary Ahmad Aazmey Abu Talib had received some RM1.5 million from Saidi for helping the company to get the contract.

The lawyer said this when he was putting a question to Mahdzir, asking him if he had any knowledge of the alleged payment.

Mahdzir, while he agreed that Jepak had gotten the project with Aazmey's assistance, told the court that he has no knowledge about the alleged money paid by Saidi to Aazmey. - Mkini