MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said “everyone who was involved” in deciding to award the contract to handle the procurement and management of the government’s fleet of vehicles would be summoned.

He said this includes the prime minister and finance minister at the time, Berita Harian reported.

“We have looked at the history of the company’s formation in 1998-1999. So, whoever was involved, including the prime minister and finance minister then, will have their statements recorded so that we can find out what they know about this case,” he said.

Spanco reportedly held the concession to supply and manage the government’s fleet of vehicles from 1993, although this ended in 2019.

An open tender was launched that year as a Berjaya Group and Naza Sdn Bhd joint venture reportedly secured a letter of intent for the deal.

However, Berjaya sued Putrajaya and Spanco last year, alleging that the concession was cancelled and arbitrarily awarded to Spanco in 2020.

Last month, Azam said the agency intended to summon a “long list” of people as part of an investigation into a RM4.5 billion contract for procuring and managing the government’s fleet of vehicles.

He said the anti-graft agency wanted to uncover why Spanco was given the job to manage the government’s vehicles. He said MACC was also looking into how the company got the contract despite another company receiving a letter of intent from the finance ministry.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the government’s agreement with Spanco was “hurting” the country.

He said he had taken a “firm stance” on the company since his time as finance minister in the 1990s, but that he was unable to do anything then as there was no political will to act.

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