SPRM pula siasat Rafizi pasai isu Najib campur tangan tender untuk beri kepada George Kent...

Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) menyoal siasat pengarah strategi PKR Rafizi Ramli malam ini susulan pendedahannya berhubung dakwaan campur tangan perdana menteri dalam projek sambungan LRT Ampang bernilai RM1 bilion.

Menurut peguamnya N Surendran, empat pegawai suruhanjaya itu mengambil keterangan Rafizi selama 15 minit di ibu pejabat PKR di Tropicana kira-kira jam 8 malam.

Peguam itu berkata, siasatan berkenaan bertujuan memastikan satu laporan Malaysiakini yang mengutip kenyataan Rafizi di sidang medianya pagi ini.

Rafizi mendakwa Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak mengutamakan sebuah syarikat yang membida dengan harga lebih tinggi.

Rafizi dalam pendedahannya mendakwa, pada mulanya Kementerian Kewangan menganugerahkan kontrak itu kepada Konsortium Balfour Beatty-Invensys, berdasarkan keputusan mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Perolehan Menteri Kewangan (JPMK).

Sedangkan, dakwa Rafizi, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak minggu lepas melahirkan hasrat menganugerahkannya kepada Konsortium George Kent, seperti dilaporkan media.

Keputusan itu didakwa bertentangan dengan keputusan JPMK - jawatankuasa tertinggi Kementerian Kewangan dan dipengerusikan sendiri oleh Najib - yang bersidang pada 25 Januari 2012- malaysiakini

TS - Orang yang campur tangan tak berani disiasat... Nak tengok sama ada SPRM ada teloq dak nak siasat orang yang campur tangan itu...

 

 MACC quizzes Rafizi over LRT tender award...

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has quizzed PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli over his graft allegations on the RM1 billion Ampang Line LRT extension project.

According to his lawyer N Surendran, four MACC officers questioned Rafizi for about 15 minutes at the PKR headquarters this evening. 

Surendran said that the main purpose of the visit was to ascertain the veracity of a Malaysiakini report on a press conference held by Rafizi this morning, where he accused Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak interfering in the bidding process for the lucrative project.

Contacted later, Rafizi said he felt relieved with the unprecedented display of urgency by the MACC on this topic. 

“This means we are hitting the right notes. It is highly unlikely that they will act with this much urgency, unless we has rattled those in power.

“Finally, we are heard. I think MACC realise that if left to us, we would continue with the exposé. I think the public has enough confidence in our work,” said Rafizi, who despite exposing several scandals have never been quizzed by the MACC until today.

Order came from MACC chief

Rafizi was contacted by the MACC at 5pm, just four hours after the press conference, and requested that he be immediately present at the commission’s headquarters at Putrajaya.

However, Rafizi said he was willing to be questioned tonight at the PKR headquarters, where he will be attending a meeting.

Surendran (left) said the visit by the MACC officers appeared to be informal, as they only wanted to verify the veracity of the article and asked if Rafizi had documents to back his claim.

“They ask if we have documents. We told them to conduct proper investigations first and then we will provide the necessary.

“They didn't go beyond that. They just needed to ask these preliminary question,” said Surendran, who is also PKR vice president.

He said the four officers had also revealed that they were acting on orders by MACC chief Abu Kassim Mohamed.

For now, Rafizi expects to be picked up any time soon for further questioning as this is allowed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.

“This is a departure from all the previous exposés. This is the first time I’m being called. It is going to be interesting,” said Rafizi, who is best remembered for his string of exposés on the National Feedlot Corporation scandal.

Will Rafizi be muzzled?

Asked if the investigations would hamper his scheduled efforts to reveal more about the alleged scandal, Rafizi said PKR will go ahead with its plans, but with caution.

“We have to navigate between questioning and our own pursuit of the case. I hope the MACC will not use the law and this investigation to muzzle me.

“It is too big a case not to be taken to the public gallery,” he said, stressing that

Rafizi said that it is highly unlikely that the MACC was unaware of his allegations, which are being heavily discussed by industry players close to the project.

Earlier today, Rafizi had told a press conference that the project had been awarded to Balfour Beatty-Invensys Consortium (Balfour).

However, he claimed that interference by Najib had led to the project being awarded to a consortium led by George Kent Bhd, which allegedly bid a higher price.

Rafizi also released the minutes of a Finance Ministry's Procurement Committee (JPMK) meeting dated Jan 25, which he said backed his claim.

The minutes were signed by Najib, who is also finance minister, Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah and Finance Ministry secretary-general Wan Abd Aziz Wan Abdullah.- malaysiakini

 

Najib mahu kontrak RM1 bilion LRT diberi kepada George Kent BUKAN kepada syarikat yang dianugerah kontrak tersebut...

 PKR hari ini mendedahkan salinan dokumen rasmi kerajaan berhubung penganugerahan kontrak mengenai projek kerja-kerja sambungan LRT Ampang yang bernilai lebih RM1 bilion.

Pengarah Strategik PKR Rafizi Ramli mendakwa, pada mulanya Kementerian Kewangan menganugerahkan kontrak tersebut kepada Konsortium Balfour Beatty-Invensys, berdasarkan keputusan mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Perolehan Menteri Kewangan (JPMK).

Sedangkan, dakwa Rafizi, Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak minggu lepas melahirkan hasrat menganugerahkannya kepada Konsortium George Kent, seperti dilaporkan media.

"Ini bertentangan dengan keputusan JPMK yang bersidang pada 25 Januari 2012. JPMK adalah jawatankuasa tertinggi Kementerian Kewangan dan dipengerusikan sendiri oleh Datuk Seri Najib sebagai menteri kewangan.

"Keputusan mesyuarat JPMK dengan rujukan T/1/M/1/2012 dengan secara jelas menolak cadangan Prasarana Negara untuk melantik PDA Consortium sebagai kontraktor projek ini.

"Sebaliknya JPMK mengarahkan supaya pakej kontrak itu dianugerahkan kepada Korsortium Balfour Beatty-Invesys pada harga RM1,012,910,000," kata Rafizi.

Rafizi berkata keputusan itu ditandatangani Najib, Menteri Kewangan Kedua Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah dan Ketua Setiausaha Perbandaharaan Tan Sri Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah.

Rafizi juga turut mengedarkan minit mesyuarat tersebut kepada media.

Bawa pada polis, SPRM pada 29 Jun

Sehubungan itu, Rafizi mempersoalkan Najib, faktor apa yang menyebabkannya mengubah fikiran sehingga didakwa campur tangan untuk "menolak keputusan" awal yang dipersetujuinya sendiri.

"Kenapa Konsortium George Kent begitu yakin akan memenangi kontrak ini seperti yang dilaporkan oleh media kebelakangan ini, walaupun keputusan anugerah kontrak telah dibuat seawal 25 Januari 2012?" soal Rafizi.

Turut hadir dalam sidang itu Setiausaha Agung PKR Datuk Saifuddin Nasution.

Rafizi berkata keputusan JPMK itu juga disampaikan secara bertulis oleh Kementerian Kewangan kepada Pengarah Urusan Kumpulan Prasaran Datuk Shahril Mokhtar pada 26 Januari - sehari selepas keputusan JPMK dibuat.

Rafizi turut mendesak Najib supaya meyakinkan rakyat Malaysia bahawa dakwaan campur tangan dalam anugerah projek itu "langsung tidak ada unsur rasuah atau penyelewengan".

"Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak perlu menafikan bahawa beliau menandatangani kertas keputusan JPMK jika dokumen yang saya tunjukkan hari ini adalah palsu," katanya sambil yang menunggu maklum balas perdana menteri.

Sementara itu, Rafizi turut memaklumkan, pihaknya akan membuat laporan polis dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) pada 29 Jun berhubung pendedahan hari ini.

Masa dan tempat akan dimaklumkan kepada media kelak, tambah Rafizi.- malaysiakini

Najib interfered in LRT RM 1 billion tender award...

PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli today released government documents in his bid to prove that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak interfered in the award of the RM1 billion Ampang Line LRT extension project.

In this first episode of his expose against Najib, Rafizi said the project had initially been awarded to Balfour Beatty-Invensys Consortium (Balfour).

However, he went on to accuse Najib of interfering in the matter, so that a consortium led by George Kent Bhd, which allegedly bid a higher price than other bidders, is to get the job.

At a press conference at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Rafizi released a purported copy of the minutes of a Jan 25 meeting of the Finance Ministry's Procurement Committee (JPMK) to prove his point.

The minutes were signed by Najib, who is also finance minister, Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah and Finance Ministry secretary-general Wan Abd Aziz Wan Abdullah.

The minutes state the committee's decision to reject the proposal of Prasarana, the government-linked company overseeing the LRT extension projects, to award the RM1,012,910,000 contract to PDA Consortium.

Instead, the committee selected Balfour to be the contractor and supplier, the minutes state.

This decision was conveyed to Prasarana in a letter dated Jan 26, written by Fauziah Yaacob, an officer with the Finance Ministry's procurement division, said Rafizi, who also furnished a copy of this letter.

Rafizi then made the conclusion that it was Najib's interference that overturned the JPMK decision and landed the extension project in the hands of George Kent.

He said he would release more documents in the coming days and next week to back his allegation.

Although the awarding of the tender has yet to be officially announced, Rafizi cited a report published in Business Times on Jan 22 that said George Kent is tipped to win the bid and that an official announcement would be made soon.

According to the official documents, the tender outlines two items. One is for a system contractor for the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of system works for the Ampang (AMG) line extension project, which is worth RM949,162,000.

The other is a contract for the supply of Train Borne Equipment for Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) and for a LRV modification contract worth RM63,748,000.

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution, who was also present at the press conference, pointed out that the Business Times report, which says the contract is worth only RM960 million, was misleading and an attempt to state that George Kent won the bid at a lower price.

Four areas for Najib to answer

Instead, George Kent's bidding price was one of the highest among all bidders, Saifuddin said, adding that he was in possession of all the bidding documents and that these details would be disclosed soon.

Rafizi then called on Najib to respond to four issues:

1. Why was George Kent so confident in winning the contract, as reported by the media recently, even though the award of the contract had been decided on Jan 25?

2. Najib must deny that he had signed the JPMK decision paper if the document I showed today is false.

3. Najib must explain the reason for changing his mind to the extent of interfering to reject the earlier decision on the tender award that he had jointly agreed to.

4. Najib must convince Malaysians that his interference in the awarding of the tender for the project has completely no element of corruption or abuse.

PKR will also lodge a police report against Najib on Friday, Rafizi added.

According to Business Times, the George Kent consortium includes China Railway Construction Corp and Tewet GmbH, a project management consultancy.

George Kent was established in 1936 and is a leader in mechanical and electrical engineering. For the fiscal year 2011, George Kent posted a pre-tax profit of RM26.2 million on a revenue of RM152.3 million.

Tenders for the systems contract for the Ampang LRT line extension closed on June 16, 2011, and eight consortiums had made the bids.- malaysiakini

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