Mahdzir Khalid asked for 20% payment from RM1.25bil solar project, court told


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Former Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid asked for 20% from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd (Jepak Holdings) as gratification for helping the company secure the solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak worth RM1.25bil from the Education Ministry in 2016, the High Court heard here on Monday (Aug 3).

Witness Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah, 40, a business partner of Jepak managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin, said this during the cross-examination by counsel Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader in the trial of the wife of former prime minister Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in connection to the solar energy project.

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