Guan Eng trial: Court told Consortium Zenith BUCG signed MOU with Penang months before open tender process for undersea tunnel began
According to this report here, no, it was not said.Hock Seng:Hock Seng again stressed to the court how the feasibility studies by BUCG was not a confirmation of being awarded the project, adding how the costs of the study undertaken by the Chinese company would have to be reimbursed by the entity that secures contract for the project.
“So we signed the MOU for the study to be carried out by BUCG, the cost of which must be paid back to BUCG by the company that will be appointed later,” he said. Hock Seng explained how then chief minister Lim Guan Eng had during state exco meetings stressed that the project must be awarded through an open tender and not direct negotiation. “The chairman at the state exco meeting, who is also the chief minister, said there is a possibility that what was designed by BUCG might not even be used by the final contractor, as conflicts might arise from the technical, construction and technological aspects. “So this is to say that BUCG, who were present in the meetings would not necessarily be awarded this project,” Hock Seng explained. BUCG is one half of the Consortium Zenith BUCG joint venture which was awarded the RM6.341 billion project to build three roads and the undersea tunnel in Penang. In this trial, Guan Eng is accused of seeking and accepting bribes from the Consortium Zenith BUCG’s managing director, Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli. The former Penang CM is facing four charges, one under Section 16 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act for having allegedly solicited kickbacks of 10 per cent of future profits from Zarul as a reward to help the latter’s company secure the project in March 2011, as the then CM. He is also facing a charge under Section 23 of the same Act for allegedly receiving RM3.3 million in kickbacks from Zarul between January 2011 and October 2017 for allegedly helping the latter’s company secure the mega project.
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