SHAH ALAM: A director of a construction company for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line project has pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (March 29) to two charges of giving bribes amounting to more than SGD650,000 (RM2.158mil) and one charge of money laundering amounting to RM4.13mil.
G. Paismanathan is accused of giving bribes amounting to S$655,766 to MRT Corporation Sdn Bhd chief executive officer through an individual as a reward to ensure that Colas Rail System Engineering Sdn Bhd, which was taken over by Pestech Technology Sdn Bhd, continues the MRT Line Two project: Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya worth more than RM693mil.
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