“The minister and the minister alone should be held responsible and accountable for this unlawful decision and the dire consequences arising from his decision,” Dhaya Maju-LTAT chief executive Mohamed Razeek Hussain said.

Razeek voiced doubt that Wee gave Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the Cabinet the time and opportunity to verify the information he provided them.

However, the company is suing both Wee and the Malaysian government for breach of contract.

Wee announced last August that his ministry would reopen the tender for the KVDT2 rehabilitation project.

He said the decision was made after a study had found that the cost of the project would be a lot less than the amount Dhaya Maju-LTAT would charge.

The government has said its decision to reopen the tender was done to optimise the use of public funds in large-scale infrastructure projects.

Razeek questioned the sincerity behind this, asking why the government had targeted only his company to demonstrate that it was keen to optimise the use of public funds.

Dhaya Maju-LTAT, which was first awarded the contract under the Barisan Nasional administration in April 2018, had the contract terminated after Pakatan Harapan came to power.

Subsequently, the PH administration reappointed the company to continue with the project at a lower contract sum and reduced scope, which were derived after a series of negotiations with stakeholders and technical experts.

Razeek said Wee was entitled to his own views but “not his own facts”.

“The fact remains that Dhaya Maju-LTAT is already 12 months into the contract,” he told FMT. “The transport ministry has administered the contract over 12 months in accordance with the conditions of contract.”

He added that the company had been abiding by the terms of the contract.

He also said anyone holding the view that it was not the government that had breached its contract with Dhaya Maju-LTAT was “misguided”.

Wee has said the government would refrain from making comments on the matter because of the ongoing lawsuit.