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Former KDSB project manager charged
KLANG (Dec 14, 2009): A former project manager with the turnkey developer for the Port Klang Free Zone was today slapped with 24 charges of making false claims to the Port Klang Authority (PKA) for electrical works involving a total of RM122.267 million — the fourth person to be prosecuted for the multi-billion ringgit... »
PKFZ: Details of charges
PKFZ: Details of charges > Bernard Tan Seng Swee, 48, of project consultancy firm BKA Architects. Faces 24 charges of making false claims to the Port Klang Authority (PKA) for electrical works involving a total sum of RM122.267 million. The offences were allegedly committed between June 30, 2006 and May 30, 2008, with another who is still... »
PKFZ: Phang, two others charged for CBT, false claims
KLANG (Dec 10, 2009) : In the first indictments over the multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project fiasco, former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Datin Paduka O.C.Phang and two others were charged with criminal breach of trust (CBT) and making false claims in the Sessions Court here today. The other two were... »
TI-Malaysia calls for public to support sued President
PETALING JAYA (Nov 24, 2009): Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) is appealing to the public to support a legal fund being set up to help its president, Datuk Paul Low who has been sued by Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing for defamation over a TI-M report that called the Port Klang Free Zone... »
Reforms earn praise, but graft ranking drops
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17, 2009) : Transparency International Malaysia (T-IM) has acknowledged Malaysia’s efforts to deal with corruption although the country’s ranking on the corruption perception index (CPI) this year has declined. TI-M president Datuk Paul Low said Malaysia’s ranking had slipped to 56th position this year from 47th last year, out of 180 countries... »
‘No reports from Transport Ministry reps on PKFZ’
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11, 2009) : IN its inquiry into how public funds were used in the multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) summoned at least 15 people over three months to help it understand what caused the project cost to balloon from RM2 billion to RM4.6... »
Ling: Transport Ministry was not involved in land pricing
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10, 2009): Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik appeared before the PAC from about 11 am to 1pm on July 15. The 65-year-old helmed the Transport Ministry from 1986 to 2003 and appeared before his counterpart and present Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. Initially, Ong was scheduled to appear before Ling... »
Pua wants ’selective memory loss’ Ling to be probed
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9, 2009): FORMER transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik should also be investigated for his part in the Port Klang Free Zone (PFKZ) scandal, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member Tony Pua (DAP-Petaling Jaya) said today. Pua, who made the call following the release of the PAC report on the fiasco last... »
PKFZ report: Former PM and transport ministers mentioned
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9, 2009) : Former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Datin Paduka O.C. Phang named former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and former transport minister Chan Kong Choy as the officials responsible for approving the purchase of land in a single phase and not two phases, incurring more costs than... »
Chan insists letters not guarantee
IN ITS inquiry into how public funds were used for the multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) summoned at least 15 people over three months to help it understand what happened that caused the project cost to balloon from RM2 billion to RM4.6 billion, including interest charges. Among... »