Dr Wee asks if minister sought to award RM1.4bil contract via direct negotiation

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic) wants Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub to explain why he recently sought to award a contract worth RM1.4bil to the National Farmers Organisation (Nafas).

The MCA president raised the issue when debating the Budget 2020, claiming that the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub made the request to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad recently.