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SABAK BERNAM: Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said she is prepared to go to court for direct agreements issued under her ministry during the previous Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration.
Speaking to reporters after a fire department event in Sungai Besar this afternoon, she said she was prepared to face the courts following reports that businessman Tamrin Ghafar would file a lawsuit against her.
“Oh that’s OK. If you want to take me to court, God willing, I’ll be ready, ”she said.
Zuraida had previously associated Tamrin with the controversial solid waste transfer station project.
She said that Tamrin, as an advisor to Bumi Segar Indah Sdn Bhd, who received the RM170.3 million contract for the project, directly negotiated the deal with former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng on November 26, 2018.
Tamrin, in response, said that the solid waste transfer station project, which was allegedly approved directly by former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, was in fact negotiated by the Barisan Nasional government in 2017.
Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz issued a statement last month outlining the details of 101 projects, allegedly awarded through direct negotiations by PH, worth RM6.61 billion.
On the list of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, a contract for RM 170.3 million was awarded to Bumi Segar Indah to build, operate and maintain a solid waste transfer station in Taman Beringin, Kepong.
Zuraida had said that he had no knowledge of the project and then blamed Lim, stating that he had agreed to reduce the cost of the project by 10% and advised Bumi Segar Indah to approach the local Ministry of Housing and Government to formally make a proposal for that.
