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DAP questions RM394m for toll concessionaires
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5, 2009) : The DAP questioned the 2010 Budget allocation of RM394 million to compensate toll concessionaires for not raising toll rates and urged the government to renegotiate the contracts or take over the tolled highways instead. Speaking to reporters in a press conference, Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong pointed... »
We can’t be faulted for telling it as it is!
ON Sept 8, Terence Fernandez and I wrote a story on former Transport Minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy’s involvement in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) for publication the next day. That evening, our dinner with friends from Melbourne had to be cut short. Terence was on the line saying that attempts were... »
Kit Siang accuses govt of suppressing info on PKFZ fiasco
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5, 2009) : Revelations in the Public Accounts Committee report on the Port Klang Free Zone scandal yesterday prompted an accusation from veteran parliamentarian Lim Kit Siang that the government is attempting to “suppress pertinent information” about ministerial and governmental abuses of power and malpractices. The Ipoh Timur MP said the... »
PKR: Declassify all Cabinet documents on PKFZ
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 05, 2009) : Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) today called the government to declassify all the Cabinet documents relating to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). “It is not enough to just set up a special task force if the task force and even the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) cannot look into... »
Tee Keat: Govt walking the talk on PKFZ
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5, 2009): The government is walking the talk with the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recommending that individuals allegedly involved in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal be investigated for criminal breach of trust, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. Speaking to reporters after visiting the RapidKL LRT service... »
PAC report: Govt could have saved RM646mil
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4, 2009) : The government could have saved RM645.87 million if the Transport Ministry secretary-general and Port Klang Authority had complied with the Finance Ministry’s rules in acquiring the land for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project in 2002, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) revealed in its report Today. “The... »
PAC: Probe Kong Choy, Phang for CBT
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4, 2009) : The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended that former Transport Minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy and Port Klang Authority (PKA) former general manager Datin Paduka O.C.Phang be investigated for criminal breach of trust over the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal. They should be investigated over... »
Lim wants Royal Commission to probe PKFZ scandal
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4, 2009) : Following the tabling of the Public Accounts Commitee (PAC)’s report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal in the parliament today, Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) requested a royal commission to investigate the scandal as the authorities had failed to act against the culprits. Speaking to reporters... »
10 implicated in PAC’s probe of PKFZ
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3, 2009) : More than 10 senior officials and ex-ministers will be implicated in the Public Accounts Committee’s report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) multi-billion ringgit fiasco to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow. PAC member Tony Pua told reporters in the Parliament lobby today that PAC knows the Cabinet... »
Only pure intentions in quit call please
IT looks like Transport Minister and MCA chief Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat is fair game, with the “best singles player ever” getting hammered from all sides. The latest to join the Ong bashing bandwagon is Sri Gading MP Mohamad Aziz. But what does raise one’s eyebrows is Mohamad attacking KPI Minister Tan Sri... »