KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Bersatu’s top leadership arrived at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on Tuesday (Feb 21), to offer their support to Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan who is set to be charged at the Sessions Courts here.
The former prime minister and Bersatu chief was accompanied by other senior leaders including secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin, vice presidents Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee and Datuk Radzi Jidin.
The group arrived at the court complex at 8.58am.
Dressed in a suit, Wan Saiful, who is the Bersatu information chief, arrived at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex at 8.50am this morning.
The Tasek Gelugor MP and businessman Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad will be charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court at 9am. Adam had arrived separately.
The Star reported that according to sources, graft authorities were given the go-ahead to charge Wan Saiful, 47, and Adam Radlan, 42, late on Monday (Feb 20) evening.
After the go-ahead was given, Wan Saiful was summoned to the MACC, where he was held for the night to be brought to court on Tuesday.
Adam Radlan, who is also Segambut Bersatu division deputy chief, had been directed to be present at the court.
It is learnt that investigators had summoned Wan Saiful several times in connection with the Jana Wibawa programme.
Adam Radlan was remanded in January to help in the probe.
MACC had initiated an investigation on Jana Wibawa and had summoned several individuals, including former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The Jana Ekonomi Pemerkasaan Kontraktor Bumiputra Berwibawa or Economic Recovery of Authorised Bumiputra Contractors (Jana Wibawa) was set up in November 2020 to empower bumiputra contractors struggling during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Under the scheme, bumiputra contractors rated with three to five stars, were given contracts through direct negotiation. The contractors were to have been approved by the Finance Ministry.
Muhyiddin had his statement recorded this week over the same investigation.
On Wednesday (Feb 15), Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced that rural development projects worth RM5.7bil under Jana Wibawa had been halted temporarily. This, he said, was only until the procurement and expenditure procedures set by the Treasury were followed.
Ahmad Zahid said the Finance Ministry, headed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, wanted to check if the projects were awarded according to government requirements.
