United Malays National Organisation
Mohamad and his Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng criticized the projects, saying they were expensive, unnecessary, not useful, uncompetitive as open bidding was not allowed, secretive, conducted with no public oversight and favored Chinese state-owned firms and those affiliated with Razak's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party at inflated prices. Locals in the city of Malacca also complained that the port was unneeded and the small company that was awarded the contract had ties to the previously ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) political party.