Mamfor donated RM19.5mil to Bersatu to secure project, court told
A construction company executive testified that his firm paid RM19.5 million to the Bersatu party to secure a government road project. The testimony is part of the corruption trial of former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin regarding the Jana Wibawa initiative.
Why it matters
This trial is a high-profile case involving allegations of political corruption and the misuse of government pandemic-era contracts.
Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin is standing trial on seven charges linked to the Jana Wibawa programme, a government initiative introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to assist Bumiputera contractors. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: A construction company contributed RM19.5 million to Bersatu to secure a RM605 million road project under the government’s Jana Wibawa programme in 2022, the High Court heard today.
Mamfor Sdn Bhd managing director Shahradzi Shamsuddin, 43, testified in former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s corruption trial that he prepared all the banker’s cheques and personally delivered them in stages to Bersatu’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya between May 2021 and November 2022.
The prosecution witness said he sought help from businessman Azman Yusoff in June 2021 to help Sutracom Sdn Bhd, his younger brother Shahrin Shamsuddin’s company, secure the RM605 million Pulau Indah Ring Road Phase 3 construction and upgrading project.
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