Jepak MD admitted to paying RM6.5m to Rosmah - witness
A witness told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that Jepak Holdings (Jepak) managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin admitted to paying RM6.5 million to Rosmah Mansor for her assistance in aiding the company to secure a solar hybrid project in Sarawak.
Issue
- Hybrid Photovoltaic Solar System Integrated Project
- A solar energy project worth RM1.25 billion for 369 schools in rural Sarawak that was directly awarded and for which Rosmah Mansor wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been charged with receiving bribe of RM5 Million by MACC
Directly implicated parties
- Rosmah Mansor
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Wife of Najib Razak
- Saidi Abang Samsudin
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Saidi Abang Samsudin is a Malaysian businessman, notable for being charged with paying bribes to Rosmah Mansor to secure Solar Energy project as Managing Director of Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd
Indirectly implicated parties
- Rizal Mansor
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Rizal Mansor is special officer to former Prime Minister Najib Razak
Implicated parties through circumstantance
Disclosing Parties
Source
Link
M Fakhrull Halim, Malaysiakini, (15 Jul, 2020). Jepak MD admitted to paying RM6.5m to Rosmah - witness. Retrieved 15 Jul, 2020, from
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Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah, a Jepak business partner, said the payment was made by Saidi in two separate submissions and Saidi even informed him of the amount after the payment was made.
In his witness statement, Rayyan said the first payment amounting to RM5 million was made through Rosmah's former assistant Rizal Mansor as a contribution to Rosmah "as promised" for helping Jepak obtain a letter of agreement for the project.