KUALA LUMPUR - Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, both exerted pressure over the education ministry in 2016 to award a RM1.25 billion (S$419 million) solar hybrid project to a politically-connected company, a former minister told the High Court on Monday (Feb 10).

The contract to supply electricity to 369 rural schools in Sarawak was given to Jepak Holdings, whose managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin was linked to the state's now-disbanded Barisan Nasional coalition.