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KUALA LUMPUR: The contractor for the Klang Valley Double Tracking Phase 2 (KVDT2) rehabilitation project has filed a lawsuit against the government and Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong for their decision to terminate the contract to manage the double tracking line.
Dhaya Maju-LTAT, in his lawsuit, claimed that there was no legal basis for Wee to terminate the contract and reopen the tender.
“The only natural logical inference is that the second defendant (Wee) acted in bad faith or for the wrong reason,” the company said.
Dhaya Maju-LTAT argued that Wee should be held liable for misuse of public office due to his action.
The Superior Court will hear today the company’s offer for a court order, pending the resolution of its lawsuit.
Earlier, the CEO of the company, Mohamed Razeek Hussain, had said that they were perplexed by the termination of the contract, as “there was no legal or factual justification” for it.
It said that Dhaya Maju-LTAT was the duly appointed contractor for the project and had received the original award letter (LoA) on April 4, 2018, for the project under the then management led by Barisan Nasional.
Razeek said Wee’s statement on the project had not accurately reflected or described the background to the matter.
On August 28, Wee had said that the Cabinet had agreed to turn the KVDT2 rehabilitation project into an open tender and cancel the directly negotiated contract after it found that the project cost much less than the amount cited above.
Wee and his predecessor, Loke Siew Fook, had engaged in a war of words over the cost of the project.
KVDT2 was one of 101 projects costing RM6.61 billion claimed by the Perikatan Nasional government in Parliament recently awarded through direct negotiation during the Pakatan Harapan government surveillance.
