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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... »
How many Malaysians will agree with Attorney-General that Phang, Stephen and Tan are “big fishes” in the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal?
Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail yesterday said that former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Datin Paduka O.C.Phang, Kuala Dimensi Sdn. Bhd. Chief operating officer Stephen Abok and architect Bernard Tan Seng Swee of BTA Architect charged with multiple counts of criminal breach of trust and cheating are “big fishes” in the RM12.5 billion... »
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... »
Pakatan leaders sceptical about PKFZ arrests
The Malaysian Insider Thursday December 10 2009 Pakatan leaders sceptical about PKFZ arrests By Syed Jaymal Zahiid KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — Pakatan Rakyat national leaders were unimpressed and sceptical about today’s arrests made in connection to the RM 12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal, calling it a scapegoating exercise where the... »
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... »
Chief Secretary Sidek’s failure to carry out Cabinet decision of July 2007 to take action against culprits responsible for RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal a factor why Malaysia has worst ranking and score in 15 years in TI CPI 2009
During the 2010 budget debate on 29th October 2009, I questioned the Cabinet decision to set up a super task force headed by the Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan to take over all investigations into the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal as it represented a “major... »
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... »
‘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... »