News by Hafiz Yatim

Counsel Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader told Madinah that she appeared to believe that the solar hybrid gensets proposed by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd were not suitable as some of the schools are located in areas covered by deep forests where sunlight may be blocked.

However, she did not express her reservations despite her ministry being instructed by the former prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, to implement the project speedily.

"This project was given through direct negotiations and needed to be processed by the Government Procurement Division of the Finance Ministry."

DPP Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram: How did you act on the minutes?

Former education minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid: I must do the task immediately.

The items were seized by the police after the 14th General Election, when Najib's coalition Barisan Nasional lost.

Abu Haniffah, who was also previously Datasonic’s chief executive officer, said he had met Ahmad Zahid several times in his dealing with the Ministry.

Deputy public prosecutor Harris Ong Mohd Jeffrey Ong told High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan today that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) had only informed them yesterday that the inspection can only be done on weekends and not weekdays.

Mahdzir, who is the fifth prosecution witness in the trial, disagreed with a suggestion from Rosmah's counsels Datuk Jagjit Singh and Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader that the appointed law firm had “brokered” a deal for him.

Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan called for the lunch break, with proceedings originally set to continue in the afternoon as Rosmah's lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh had yet to finish his cross-examination of the fifth prosecution witness, former education minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid.

Senior lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh for Rosmah at the High Court said Mahdzir's lawyer, one Datuk Vignesh, helped the former minister to cut a deal with Sri Ram as they both knew each other.