Najib denies interfering in Ampang LRT deal


Najib speaks before the start of the BN autarchic legislature assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Jun 29, 2012.Picture by Choo Choy May
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun twenty-nine Datuk Seri Najib Razak denied currently having the hand in the preference of George Kent for the RM1 billion Ampang Light Rail Transit (LRT) prolongation project, insisting which the routine was "done properly."
PKR has claimed to possess "solid, documentary proof" which the budding apportion intervened in the awarding of the contract, as well as lodged the military inform currently over purported rapist crack of certitude as well as abuse of power.
"Everything is finished properly. No such thing, nothing was improper," the Umno president told reporters after chairing the Barisan Nasional (BN) autarchic legislature meeting.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has started investigations at Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd (SPNB) this afternoon over the award of the RM960 million stipulate for the project.
PKR had formerly questioned the Business Times inform which the George Kent Bhd joint-venture could win the RM960 million stipulate for the Ampang Light Rail Transit (LRT) prolongation project, observant the consortium was knocked out in the bidding process.
Rafizi had pronounced upon Jun 22 he "can display which George Kent is not the consortium who was chosen in Prasarana's open proposal process" despite the conjecture in the business daily.
The Malaysian Insiderreported this morning which the speculated winner of the Ampang LRT system works, the George Kent consortium, was one of 3 bidders which failed both the technical as well as blurb analysis for the RM960 million contract.
Sources toldThe Malaysian Insiderthat usually five of the 8 bidders passed the technical as well as! blurb a nalysis theatre but plan owners SPNB finally recommended one of the two South Korean consortiums in the running PDA Consortium as the other consortiums were pronounced to not have complied with all conditions.
PKR officials have shown copies of central papers to the press, showing which the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Acquisition Committee, which met this January 25, had motionless to award the stipulate to Balfour Bratty Invensys Consortium.
The cabinet is the highest decision-making physique in the MoF as well as is chaired by Najib himself, who is additionally finance minister.
The Business Times pronounced Putrajaya was due to make known the winning bidder by the end of June, adding which George Kent was tipped to get the lucrative project. The highest bid perceived for the plan tender, which closed upon Jun 16, was RM1.45 billion.
But PKR's sheaf of papers showed which the SPNB assembly upon December 2, 2011, had recommended PDA Consortium to commence the plan for RM1.12 billion over 44 months. SPNB is the wholly-owned section of the MoF as well as the company has budgeted RM1.5 billion for the system works.
SPNB is spending the little RM7 billion for the prolongation of both the Kelana Jaya as well as Ampang LRT rail networks. The Ampang network will be extended by 17.7km.
Apart from extending the current LRT lines, Putrajaya is additionally undertaking the multi-billion ringgit My Rapid Transit (MRT) which will snake by the collateral city. The country's many expensive infrastructure plan is to be ready by Jun 2017 but there have been delays as well as hostility by international companies to bid for the tenders upon offer.
The Land Transport Commission (SPAD) has announced which up to RM160 billion could be spent upon railway infrastructure projects in the country, creation Malaysia the tantalizing destination for international engineering firms.
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