Zuraida ‘not aware’ of direct tenders awarded to ministry

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 27 Aug 2020 10:15AM · 9 Comments

Local Government and Housing Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin says the ministry will investigate two contracts worth RM170 million awarded directly to contractors. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, August 27, 2020.

ZURAIDA Kamaruddin today said she’s not aware of the two contracts worth RM170 million awarded through direct negotiations by the Local Government and Housing Ministry during the Pakatan Harapan administration.

She was the minister then.

The ministry, which she continues to helm under Perikatan Nasional, will investigate the matter, she said.

“I would like to stress that the two projects were approved without my knowledge although I was the minister in charge at that time.

“The ministry will investigate this matter,” she said in a statement today.

On Tuesday, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz revealed in the Dewan Rakyat that PH approved 101 projects worth RM6.61 billion to various companies through direct negotiations in the 22 months that it was in power.

Yesterday, he released the details of the project and the companies that had been awarded the contracts.

The most expensive project that was awarded via direct negotiation was a RM4.475 billion contract to upgrade the Klang Valley’s double-track railway line given to Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd.

The second biggest spender was the Defence Ministry at RM900.86 million for six contracts followed by the Home Ministry at RM517.68 million.

Zuraida’s ministry received contracts for a RM170.30 million project to build, operate and maintain a solid waste disposal station in Taman Beringin, Jinjang Utara, Kuala Lumpur, awarded to Bumi Segar Indah Sdn Bhd, and a RM500,000 project to maintain the ministry’s financial and accounting system. – August 27, 2020.

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  • Since you are the minister and yet don't know whats happening its better you resign. Why waste tax payer money?

    Posted 3 years ago by Adrian Tan · Reply

  • Bodoh sombong....

    Posted 3 years ago by Sam SamaSama · Reply

  • Wow! So easy to just deny, deny. The media should check if she has made any public announcements on the solid waste disposal station in jinjang. If she did then she can not deny that she didnt know about it.

    Posted 3 years ago by Elyse Gim · Reply

  • Hahaha haha.

    Posted 3 years ago by A Subscriber · Reply

  • Of course not aware. Bodoh.

    Posted 3 years ago by Zarul MA · Reply

  • Menteri Tidur & Makan Gaji or Menteri Sapu?

    Posted 3 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • Has this Minister been sleeping on the job and during Cabinet meetings? or was she too busy planning the Sheraton Move she did not know what was going on in her own Ministry. She is now shirking responsibility and we don't need Ministers like that. Her incompetence is glaringly obvious. This Makcik should just go back to becoming a good housewife

    Posted 3 years ago by Mike Mok · Reply

  • Are you there to take charge of the ministry or the other way round but I thing we all can agree is that you are a poster face for the ministry.

    Posted 3 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply

  • Balik rumah, jaga cuculah..

    Posted 3 years ago by Thomas Samuel · Reply