DAY 13 | Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, will today be facing the 13th day of her corruption trial at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
She is facing three charges pertaining to the alleged misappropriation of funds for the supply and installation of solar energy at 369 rural schools in Sarawak for the Education Ministry.
The project was valued at RM1.25 billion, and awarded to Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd through direct negotiation.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.
Former Education Ministry secretary-general Alias Ahmad is expected to be in the witness stand.
According to the ministry's former asset acquisition and management department secretary Kamarudin Abdullah, Alias had been the key individual that Jepak Holdings was pressuring to secure an advance for the solar panel project.
Alias had also reportedly received minutes from then-prime minister Najib Abdul Razak to approve an advance of RM130 million to the company.
During yesterday's hearing, Kamarudin also testified it was then-education minister Mahdzir Khalid who personally penned a letter asking Najib that Jepak Holdings be granted an exemption from procurement regulations for implementation works on the solar panel project.
He also testified that it was Mahdzir who instructed him to remove a clause from the letter of award (LoA) to Jepak Holdings that would allow the government to terminate works and make deductions from any unfinished works.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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