Contractors admit to knowing that outsourcing is prohibited By DERRICK VINESH derrickvinesh@thestar.com.my BUTTERWORTH: Two directors from separate Class “A” contractor companies told a Sessions Court here they were aware that 100% outsourcing of Government projects to sub-contractor companies was prohibited. Syarikat Fauzi Hj Idris Sdn Bhd director Fauzi Idris said he was aware that such projects awarded to Class “A” contractors should be fully undertaken by the contractors themselves. Fauzi said Syarikat Fauzi Hj Idris, where his son Mohd Shafaiz Fauzi and partner Mohd Zainuri Mohd Hashim were co-directors, had secured a project in 2007 to upgrade infrastructure and security wiring systems in Universiti Malaya worth RM43mil. “My company received 2% of the total project cost of RM43mil as commission from the sub-contractor, Nadi Cergas Sdn Bhd,” said Fauzi, who was testifying in the trial of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop’s former political secretary Hasbie Satar, who was charged with money laundering of RM2.1mil. Another Class “A” contractor company, Syarikat Delima Anggun Sdn Bhd’s director Rizal Sabtu, told the court that his company had also outsourced the Anti-Drug Agency headquarters in Bangi, Selangor, which is worth RM52mil, and accepted a 1.5% commission of the total project cost from Nadi Cergas. Hasbie, 39, was alleged to have accepted gifts and gratification from an agent between April 16, 2007, and Aug 13, 2009, at an apartment in Teluk Air Tawar on Feb 11, 2010. He is charged under Section 4 (1) (a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a fine of up to RM5mil, or both, upon conviction. Hearing before judge Ikmal Hishan Mohd Tajuddin continues on Sept 4.