'Jepak threatened to stop diesel supply to schools in demand for payment'

ROSMAH TRIAL | The Kuala Lumpur High Court today heard that Jepak Holdings had threatened to stop the supply of diesel to power 369 schools in rural and remote areas of Sarawak in 2017.

According to Treasury deputy secretary-general Othman Semail's (above) testimony, the company had allegedly made the threat to force the Education Ministry into paying them RM92 million of interim payment.

It had been heard earlier in the trial that the government was reluctant to release the payment to Jepak, as the company had not followed necessary financial procedures required by the Finance Ministry (MOF) for government projects....