Rizal pleads not guilty to soliciting RM212mil over solar power project (updated)


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Rizal Mansor has pleaded not guilty to four charges of corruption at the Sessions Court here.  

The former aide to former prime minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor had allegedly solicited RM212.5mil and received bribes amounting to RM5.5mil on behalf of Rosmah and himself in assisting Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd to obtain the project to supply diesel, repair generators, and provide solar hybrid systems to 369 rural schools in Sarawak.  

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