Carian mengenai topik 101-projects

Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz has claimed that 101 projects worth a total of RM6.61 billion were approved by the finance ministry through direct negotiations under the former Pakatan Harapan administration.

This caused an uproar in the Dewan Rakyat, with Perikatan Nasional (PN) MPs calling for the minister to release a list of all the projects in question.

The quarrel ended with Ngeh Koo Ham (Harapan-Beruas) being kicked out of Parliament for one day by speaker Azhar Azizan Harun when Ngeh refused to sit down during the argument between both sides.

Lim said the majority of the 101 projects were not new initiatives introduced by the PH administration.

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Section 6 (1) of the Financial Procedure Act 1957 allows for direct negotiations, thus there is no reason for the matter to be politicised.

The MoF today released a list of ministries that had received government procurement approval through direct negotiations during the PH administration involving 101 projects worth RM6.61 billion.

Former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today feared that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) would practise 'double standard' and become a political weapon for certain parties.

Lim Guan Eng asked Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz to reveal the list 101 projects worth RM6.61 billion that were approved during the Pakatan Harapan governments administration.

She said she would not have any problem if Finance Minister or former Finance Minister wanted to reveal details of companies which accepted projects through direct negotiations.

Parti Cinta Malaysia lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the 101 projects awarded through direct negotiations under the Pakatan Harapan government.