Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin today accused then finance minister Lim Guan Eng of "directly taking up" the approval of a project by her ministry without an open tender being called in 2019.

In a statement today, Zuraida said investigations by her ministry revealed that the contractor - Bumi Segar Indah Sdn Bhd - had approached Lim on Nov 26, 2018 where the latter "renegotiated" this project...