Mahdzir Khalid asked for 20% payment from RM1.25bil solar project, court told

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama):Former Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid asked for 20% from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd (Jepak Holdings) as gratification for helping the company secure the solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak worth RM1.25bil from the Education Ministry in 2016, the High Court heard here on Monday (Aug 3).

Witness Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah, 40, a business partner of Jepak managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin, said this during the cross-examination by counsel Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader in the trial of the wife of former prime minister Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in connection to the solar energy project.Because of this, I state that he asked for 20% from Jepak as payment.

The bribe was received through her then-aide Datuk Rizal Mansor as gratification for helping Jepak Holdings secure the Hybrid Photovoltaic Integrated System and maintenance and operation of genset-diesel worth RM1.25bil for 369 rural schools in Sarawak through direct negotiation with the Education Ministry.

Rayyan Radzwill who is also Nanocarb Technology Sdn Bhd director told the court that Saidi said his business partner paid RM50,000 for hotel accommodations for Umno delegates from Padang Terap, Kedah, during the Umno general assembly in Kuala Lumpur.

 

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