The French authorities have filed an application for mutual legal assistance (MLA) at the Attorney-General’s Chambers relating to the alleged corruption in public transport infrastructure projects involving Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT).

MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki (above), however, said it concerned only the alleged corruption involving the MRT and LRT projects carried out several years ago and not in any recent year.

He said the French authorities had been investigating certain parties and companies in...