Former Batu Berendam MP Tamrin Abdul Ghafar is planning to sue Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin over her remarks tying him to the direct tender of a solid waste transfer station project.
Tamrin said the project in Kuala Lumpur was actually awarded through direct negotiations under BN in 2017.
"The minister at the time was Noh Omar," he said in a statement yesterday.
He added that it was the previous Pakatan Harapan government's policy for direct tender projects approved by BN to be reduced by at least 10 percent in cost to "save the country's money".
He said other matters will be presented in court.
Previously, Zuraida claimed that Tamrin, as an adviser to Bumi Segar Indah, had approached then finance minister Lim Guan Eng to directly negotiate the solid waste transfer station project in Taman Beringin, Jinjang Utara, on Nov 26, 2018.
The Ampang MP claimed Lim had advised Bumi Segar Indah to present her ministry with a formal proposal, and that he eventually approved the project through a letter dated Feb 20, 2019.
Tamrin, through his lawyers, had sent a legal letter to the Housing and Local Government Ministry on Wednesday, stating plans to sue Zuraida.
He also demanded the ministry furnish the approval letter for the project within seven days, after which they reserve the right to procure it through legal means.
The solid waste transfer project was among 101 direct negotiation contracts which Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz claimed was approved by the Harapan government.
However, most of the projects on the list were approved during BN's tenure in Putrajaya. - Mkini
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