“I have never been contacted by the health ministry for any information,” he told FMT, adding that the dossier he sent to the press was also sent to Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad.
In a 12-page document seen by FMT in June, it was alleged that companies linked to politicians close to the previous government controlled the supply of medicines worth billions of ringgit.
The document listed 20 companies with alleged links to prominent politicians, including ministers occupying high positions in Umno. It said these companies acted as “tendering agents” for more than 70 pharmaceutical companies and reaped rewards worth RM3.7 billion between 2013 and 2016.
Subsequently, a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission report on the matter was lodged by Klang MP Charles Santiago and Dzulkefly welcomed an investigation.
Santiago told FMT recently that he had yet to receive a response from the MACC.
The whistleblower now says further digging has revealed that between 2010 and last month, the top six tendering agents received 92.21% of RM6,435,975,589, which was the total worth of contracts awarded in that period.
The concept of tendering agents was apparently introduced in order to help Bumiputeras enter the market, but the whistleblower said it did not in reality further pro-Bumiputera policies.
“Only a handful of officials and their relatives have been corruptly enriched,” he said.
“Other than those few mentioned in the document, no Bumiputera company benefited or even had the chance to participate in the medicine tenders.”
FMT’s attempts to reach Dzulkefly for comments were unsuccessful.