It was in this backdrop of events that Allahyarham Ani Arope stood his ground as executive chairman of TNB at the time in refusing to sign the very first power purchase agreement (PPA) for YTL Power’s benefit. While the terms of this agreement remain under wraps of the Official Secrets Act 1972, Ani Arope had repeatedly stated later that the terms were ridiculous from TNB’s perspective.
In the interview with KiniBiz in July 2014, Ani Arope reiterated that the PPA was a lopsided deal and that he could not sign it in good faith given his duty to TNB’s shareholders to administer the utility in their best interests.
“There were many clauses detrimental to TNB (that I couldn’t agree to),” said Ani Arope to KiniBiz. “If I (had) signed, people would have said that I also ‘sapu’ (get a cut).”
“If you want to get rich that way (by being corrupt), it’s easy,” said Ani Arope to KiniBiz. “But this (TNB) is a trust, an ‘amanah’ that is given for you to look after.”
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