KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan and businessman Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad are expected to be charged in court on Tuesday (Feb 21) in connection with the Jana Wibawa programme.
Wan Saiful is to be charged before judge Rozina Ayob at 9am, according to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court's list of criminal matters scheduled for Tuesday.
Adam Radlan's case is listed under Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin's court, and is also scheduled for 9am.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Monday sent out an invitation to the media to cover the charging of two unnamed individuals in connection with the Jana Wibawa programme.
It said the agency had received consent to charge the two persons at the Sessions Court.
Jana Wibawa, or Program Jana Ekonomi Pemerkasaan Kontraktor Bumiputera Berwibawa, was a scheme to improve the capacity of Bumiputera contractors in the construction industry as well as to expedite project execution to spur the nation's economic recovery post Covid-19.
MACC had launched investigations in the wake of allegations that contractors chosen under the programme had deposited a total of RM300 million into the party accounts of Bersatu. The agency had frozen Bersatu's bank accounts to facilitate its probe.
Wan Saiful is also the member of parliament for Tasek Gelugor, while Adam Radlan is the former chief executive officer of Maju Assets Sdn Bhd, a property arm under Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd.
Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was summoned by MACC last week to record his statement regarding Jana Wibawa. It was reported that Muhyiddin was among individuals being investigated by the agency over the matter, but he has claimed that he was called in to give his statement and not as a suspect.
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, who served as finance minister under Muhyiddin, on Tuesday also confirmed that MACC had summoned him up over Jana Wibawa.
On Feb 15, the government announced that RM5.7 billion worth of rural development projects under the Jana Wibawa scheme had been postponed, to facilitate a review on whether they were awarded in accordance with procurement process and governance requirements set by the Treasury.
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