SARAWAK’s Bustari Yusof, a little-known but wealthy businessman and Najib Razak’s right-hand man, was on the cusp of becoming even wealthier.

The Malaysian Insight understand a sizeable portion of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project in Selangor had been earmarked for development by Bustari’s company. The value of the contract for that segment of the mammoth infrastructure project is said to be about RM9 billion.