MACC investigating RM30 million contract related to Covid-19 testing

Kalidevi Mogan Kumarappa Kalidevi Mogan Kumarappa Updated 3 years ago · Published on 4 May 2020 7:07PM · 11 Comments

The MACC is investigating a RM30 million contract between a company and the Health Ministry involving mass Covid-19 tests and PPE supplies to front-line medical workers. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Irwan Majid, May 4, 2020.

THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is investigating a company over its RM30 million contract to supply mass testing laboratory systems to a ministry, said sources.

While the sources refused to divulge the ministry involved, The Malaysian Insight understands it was the Health Ministry, and that the system was to be used for testing Covid-19 infections.

“I can’t reveal the ministry but we will be calling in some witnesses soon,” he told The Malaysian Insight, adding that an MACC team had visited the ministry on April 30.

The probe is looking into the manner the contract was awarded to the company.

“The investigation is still at an early stage. We opened the file as soon as we received information on the contract, as well as through questions which were raised on social media.”

Towards the end of April, former politician Wee Choo Keong said in his Twitter that the Health Ministry must come clean on a contract which it had given out for the supply of laboratory mitigation systems for mass testing and personal protective equipment for healthcare workers.

He said the contract was worth “tens of million” and a huge amount of money was paid upfront.

He also said the company was involved in real estates, and was not qualified to get the contract.

The timing of the contract came at a time when the ministry admitted that it was running short of PPEs as well as was looking at conducting more Covid-19 tests.

On April 13, the ministry said it had only two weeks’ worth of PPE supply left to be distributed to all hospitals in Malaysia.

Meanwhile, Health Minister Dr Adham Baba said today that the ministry will cooperate with the MACC on the investigation.

He said that the ministry is also constantly monitoring and ensuring its personnel practised a high level of integrity.

“The ministry will also support the MACC’s efforts to curb corruption and embezzlement. We will continue to work with MACC,” he said in a statement. – May 4, 2020.

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  • What do u expect the BN guys to do? Robbing is their core business sometimes legalfully. The Malay parties love this kind of governance? This is Ketuanan Melayu? Malays B40 are lining up to go to the pawn shop after MCO relaxed today. How many hundred times we need to tell the Malays that your leaders are robbing u guys to become hardcore poor by giving u some goodies periodically and saving their 90% of the corrupted money. And seems the majority of Malays are happy , Pls continue. We want u to be financially independent by working hard and learn to be smart. We don't want u to be behind so far but u all think we are anti Malay, anti islam and u wait lah, till u pawn off all your valuables, u cried to them for a living. Is this Maruah Melayu?

    Posted 3 years ago by James Wong · Reply

    • But last two years what was done for Maruah Melayu? Existing in the void cant be an option.

      Posted 3 years ago by P P · Reply

  • Here we go..

    Posted 3 years ago by Zarul MA · Reply

  • 2 months in power and this is what we get!! Bad old days.

    Posted 3 years ago by Stanley Sinnappen · Reply

  • This is the beginning! True colors of back door government!

    Posted 3 years ago by Swaminaidu Venkatasamy · Reply

  • Adam could be jealous of the Health DG and using this to bring him down

    Posted 3 years ago by Kinetica Cho · Reply

    • Are you implying that the Health DG is involved?

      Posted 3 years ago by Simple Sulaiman · Reply

    • Im saying he could be made a scapegoat even if he is not involved. But its all conjecture at this stage, wee should enlighten us !

      Posted 3 years ago by Kinetica Cho · Reply

    • Then you should not have made such an irresponsible statement.

      Posted 3 years ago by Simple Sulaiman · Reply

  • It really doesnt take long for the opportunist to rise to their old negative element activities. The fear most Malaysian had has spoken for itself. Now caught I would say the standard lame excuses are going to be tabled for us it's due to the urgency. Urgency is quite understandable but when actually the order was placed was it really two weeks before the PPE totally runs out? Than someone in KKM procurement was sleeping at their workstations. Besides that why gave a big contract out to a single company who doesnt have a track record before? Well probably the names behind the old and new company are still very much the same people it is just a change of company name. Or with the new people running the show roping in their circles of friends into the foray. This was done when you came through the back door just imaging if this government came to power through the mandate of the people, we are been screwed big time. Looking forward to the story telling they are working on to explain themselves.

    Posted 3 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply

  • That FT Minster said employers should pay for tests done on their foreign workers. These tests are so expensive and we all know why. Someone or some people are making money on these tests. Those responsible have to be called out and displayed in public and shamed. They're despicable. Every tome there is a Government contract, there is someone making huge amounts of money for doing nothing.

    Posted 3 years ago by Sunita petrus · Reply