KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 29 -- Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has challenged Housing and Local Government Minister (KPKT) Zuraida Kamaruddin to publicly disclosed the letters involved in the RM170.3 million direct award granted by her ministry when Pakatan Harapan (PH) was in power.

The Bagan MP was responding to Zuraida's statement yesterday where she claimed that Lim was the one who approved the Taman Beringin Solid Waste Project's direct negotiation.

"I firmly state that normal procedures require the ministry is question will submit a request for direct negotiation to the Finance Ministry (MOF). Therefore, there must have been a letter from KPKT to the MOF.

"This sort of requests from KPKT to the MOF should be submitted by a senior ...