Archive for September, 2009

SHAH ALAM (Sept 25, 2009): The Port Klang Authority (PKA) has filed RM920 million suits against Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB), the turnkey contractor for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), and the project consultant, BTA Architect, over key development and supplemental agreements signed between February 2003 and November 2006. PKA chairman Datuk Lee... »

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23, 2009): Police will record statements from individuals involved in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) case in their investigation into the leak of a cabinet paper on the Internet. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, however, declined to say if police have interviewed any cabinet ministers. Police began their investigations after... »

PETALING JAYA (Sept 23, 2009): Datuk Lee Hwa Beng has refuted allegations by Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) turnkey contractor Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd that the Port Klang Authority (PKA) has breached its contract. In a statement released today, Lee, who is PKA chairman, said the allegations by the deputy CEO of KDSB Faizal... »

Today’s media report top government leaders virtually falling upon one another in their competition to denounce and declare action being taken against fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin and Malaysia-Today website under the Official Secrets Act for leaking on the Internet an 18-page Treasury Memorandum to the Cabinet in June 2007 on the RM12.5... »

Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s Malaysia-Today website is not accessible. Has it anything to do with the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) documents, including Cabinet papers, on the website in the past three days? New Straits Times reported today that investigations have been ordered into Malaysia-Today’s disclosures of secret official government documents showing how the Port... »

PETALING JAYA (Sept 18, 2009): The Port Klang Authority (PKA) today filed a legal suit against Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) in a dispute involving an amount of up to RM720 million in connection with the purchase of land for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). The suit was filed at the Shah Alam High... »

In the past five-and-a-half months of his premiership, Datuk Seri Najib Razak had made valiant attempts to project his administration’s commitment to reform, accountability, integrity and good governance as exemplified by his slogan of “1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now”, his website, walkabouts and his emphasis on KPIs with the appointment of two KPI Ministers. But... »

It is a great disappointment that the MCA Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) is not being used for a united MCA call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal to bring to book all MCA, Umno and Barisan Nasional leaders implicated in the “mother of all... »

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14, 2009): The special task force to look into the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project announced last week is redundant as the main issues have already been investigated by previous committees set up to examine the fiasco, PAS vice-president Datuk Mahfuz Omar said. Mahfuz Omar Speaking to reporters at the party headquarters... »

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today rebutted in the Chinese media the Singapore Straits Times report on Tuesday that former Transport Minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy had been implicated in the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal as one of those identified as having committed serious breaches by the... »