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Former MACC chief Tan Sri Azam Baki has denied any involvement in a RM178 million contract awarded to a company with connections to his brother, stating he has nothing to do with the matter.
A KCJ Engineering finance manager has testified in the High Court that an RM800,000 donation to Bersatu was directly connected to Jana Wibawa infrastructure projects the company had received.
A High Court witness testified that businessman Lian Tian Chuan, known as TC Lian, directed his staff to prepare letters to former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin requesting Jana Wibawa programme contracts, raising fresh questions about project allocation practices.
A company director has testified in High Court that she prepared five separate letters on behalf of different companies requesting Jana Wibawa projects from then-prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
A construction firm that allegedly contributed RM800,000 to Bersatu won a RM62 million Jana Wibawa project contract despite failing the Finance Ministry's initial evaluation, court proceedings revealed.
The MACC has detained 13 people, including government agency officials, suspected of receiving RM2.5 million in bribes to award contracts to companies controlled by procurement cartels in northern Malaysia.
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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested 13 individuals, including a government agency director, in a sweeping operation targeting alleged collusion in contract procurement. The suspected cartel scheme has triggered fresh scrutiny of public sector tendering processes.
KPMG's recent audit-leak scandal is expected to further weaken the Big Four accounting firms' position in Australia's government contracting market, where federal revenue has already plummeted following PwC's similar breach three years prior.
KPMG Australia has agreed to refrain from bidding on new federal government work through the end of September following serious allegations that it misused confidential client data.