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A Finance Ministry official has testified that KCJ Engineering initially failed a technical assessment for the Jana Wibawa project, despite a recommendation from then-Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to appoint the firm.
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Former Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul has testified in the High Court trial of Muhyiddin Yassin, the former Prime Minister accused of corruption involving the RM225 million Jana Wibawa fund.
A witness told the High Court that businessman TC Lian instructed his subordinates to prepare letters requesting government contracts under the Jana Wibawa programme from then-prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
A company director testified in the High Court that she prepared five separate letters from different firms to then-Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin requesting Jana Wibawa programme projects.
The High Court heard testimony today that former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin did not interfere in the Jana Wibawa programme's project selection process, according to Tengku Zafrul's court statement.
Former Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul told the court that the Jana Wibawa initiative was first discussed in Cabinet on November 13, 2020, during a meeting chaired by then Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, the former finance minister, has appeared as a witness in the High Court trial of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, whose case centres on alleged corruption involving the Jana Wibawa economic stimulus initiative.