ROSMAH TRIAL | A businessperson connected to Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd had gone to the extent of harassing Education Ministry (MOE) officers and threatening them to work on the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project proposed by the company, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard today.

During the corruption trial against the wife of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, Rosmah Mansor, which has entered its ninth day, former MOE secretary-general Madinah Mohamad (photo) testified that she had to meet the businessperson identified as “Rayyan” because of this harassment.

"When I was serving as the MOE secretary-general, I received complaints through my special officer that a man named Rayyan had been harassing my officers at the Acquisition and Development Division...