A 59-year-old company director and a 30-year-old lawyer have been remanded today over the solar hybrid project for rural schools in Sarawak.<br /><br />The duo was arrested by the MACC at its headquarters in Putrajaya yesterday after their statements were recorded, and brought to the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court this morning.<br /><br />An MACC spokesperson told reporters that magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Halim has granted a six-day remand up to July 2.<br /><br />The RM1.25 billion project was meant to supply electricity to 369 rural schools in Sarawak by supplying diesel, setting up solar hybrid systems, and maintaining generators.<br /><br />The company Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd was awarded the contract for the project in January last year.<br /><br />Malaysiakini had reported that the then Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had supposedly instructed for the project’s contract to be awarded to a politically-linked company, hence bypassing the Education Ministry’s procurement process. <br /><br />Payment was allegedly made although no work was done.
