KUALA LUMPUR: The sessions court was told today that Labuan Liberty Port Management Sdn Bhd (LLPM) was among several companies that submitted bid documents to be operator for the Merdeka Port Terminal in Labuan.
Bintulu Port Authority senior security administration officer Dzulkarnain Abbas Abdullah, 43, said LLPM was coded as a bidder and all reports and documents (bids) were then submitted to the evaluation committee for further action.
“However, I was not involved in any further process and did not inform any member of the Labuan Port Authority’s (LPL) board of directors about the code number of the companies that participated in this tender,” he said.
The eighth prosecution witness said this while reading his witness statement at the trial of former Labuan MP Rozman Isli, 57, who is charged with abusing his position as deputy chairman of the Labuan Port Authority to secure a contract for LLPM in which his father and brother had an interest.
Dzulkarnain said that apart from LLPM, the other companies that submitted tender documents were Jasib Shipyard & Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd; Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd; LP Multi Terminal Sdn Bhd; Sarasutra Holdings Sdn Bhd; Johor Port Berhad, and Sabah Port Sdn Bhd.
“The committee members and I have never dealt with the companies’ representatives that sent this (offer) document. We only opened the offer box on July 25, 2017, and prepared a report on that,” he added.
Rozman is alleged to have committed the offence at a transport ministry meeting room in Putrajaya between 2.30pm and 5.30pm on March 21, 2018.
In the previous proceedings, LLPM security manager Mohamad Kasli Sulaiman Darja, 56, had informed the court that Rozman’s father, Isli Siput @ Ali, and younger brother Tony Noolan were among the shareholders of LLPM.
The trial before judge Rozina Ayob will resume on Dec 13. - FMT
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