China's largest construction company China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), which is tasked to build the RM55 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), was not blacklisted by World Bank, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Abdul Rahman Dahlan yesterday.

The minister was reported by New Straits Times that it was China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which merged with China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd (CHEC) to become CCCC’s subsidiary, that was blacklisted.

However, a check in the World Bank official website said otherwise. The eight-year sanction against CCCC and its subsidiaries - from January 2009 until January 2017 - is still on...