KUALA LUMPUR: The classes courtroom at present heard how Nepturis Sdn Bhd – the corporate linked to Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan in his corruption and cash laundering trial – obtained a four-star score from the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).
CIDB assistant engineer Siti Nooraishah Zainal Abidin mentioned a letter within the title of Nepturis Sdn Bhd was launched from CIDB’s centralised info administration system (CIMS) after the corporate utilized for the contractor functionality and functionality analysis programme (SCORE).
“The CIMS system will situation a reference quantity within the SCORE utility course of. As a results of a evaluate of the paperwork uploaded by Nepturis, the corporate obtained a four-star score.
“I affirm that I noticed the CIDB SCORE within the title of Nepturis Sdn Bhd dated Oct 26, 2021,” the fifth prosecution witness mentioned through the examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor Siti Amirah Ali.
It has been alleged that Nepturis was assisted by Wan Saiful to acquire the RM232 million Central Spine Road – Sertik to East Coast Highway Interchange challenge from the federal government.
Asked by Amirah why an organization would obtain a CIDB star score, Nooraishah mentioned it was to provide recognition to contractors who had the flexibility and functionality.
She mentioned CIDB made the evaluation based mostly on the paperwork uploaded by the contractor or firm, together with on enterprise efficiency, monetary capacity, technical capacity, enterprise administration, challenge administration, greatest practices and administration capacity.
Asked by Wan Saiful’s counsel, Amer Hamzah Arshad, whether or not the CIDB rating was a situation for a contractor to bid for presidency tasks, Nooraishah mentioned it was as much as the consumer.
According to her, along with assessing an organization’s capacity, CIDB would additionally test its Bumiputera standing.
Wan Saiful, 48, is charged with soliciting bribes from Lian Tan Chuan as an inducement for him to help Nepturis in acquiring the RM232 million Central Spine Road – Sertik to the East Coast Expressway Intersection challenge.
He was additionally charged with receiving RM6.96 million in money by way of a CIMB Bank Bhd account owned by his firm WSA Advisory Group Sdn Bhd from Nepturis’s Maybank Islamic Bhd account as a price for aiding the corporate in acquiring the challenge’s acceptance letter.
The Tasek Gelugor MP allegedly dedicated each offences on the Royal Lake Club, Taman Tasik Perdana, right here, in April 2022 and on the CIMB Bank Bhd Bukit Tunku department between July 8 and Sept 30, 2022.
He can also be dealing with 18 costs of laundering RM5.59 million by transferring and utilizing the unlawful proceeds to pay for a Ford Ranger, funds to the National Sports Council, and transferring the cash to a number of firm accounts, together with one owned by Sinar Karangkraf Sdn Bhd.
All the offences have been allegedly dedicated on the CIMB Bank Bhd Bukit Tunku department right here between Aug 12 and Nov 13, 2022, underneath Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
The listening to earlier than decide Rozina Ayob will proceed on April 29.
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