Najib signed off on billion-ringgit solar project awarded to car rental company, says report

FORMER prime minister Najib Razak signed off on a RM1.25 billion project to outfit 369 schools in the Sarawak interior to use solar energy, said whistleblower Sarawak Report.

Najib was reported to have bypassed regular procedures at the Education Ministry so that the project was awarded without open tender to a car rental company in Bintulu, Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd.