Ennova chief operating officer Megat Rozaimi Jaafar said the project was privately funded by his company which had hired Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) to carry out the work at its own cost.

“SCIB was appointed to do the work for Ennova. As per the Bursa Malaysia filing, Ennova is the client, not DBKL.

“This has nothing to do with DBKL’s tender and project awarding procedures,” he told FMT.

Rozaimi said Ennova, a telecommunications infrastructure service company, was one of the 29 companies with network facilities provider licences appointed by DBKL to carry out the replacement works.

He said the company had appointed SCIB as a construction partner to erect the lamp posts, which are new dual-function units integrated with a telecommunications transmitter to improve 5G coverage and services throughout Kuala Lumpur.

The project intended to hasten the implementation of 5G technology and was ultimately for the public’s benefit, he said.

His comments came after Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng raised concerns over the contract as the cost appeared to be too high to replace 200 lamp posts, and questioned who was funding the RM30.75 million project.

DBKL had previously denied appointing SCIB after reports claimed it awarded the contract to the Sarawak-based company via Ennova.