http://www.jeffooi.com/2009/07/pkfz_no_pwc_report_for_mps_yet.php

PKFZ: No PwC report for MPs... yet
Posted by Jeff Ooi on July 2, 2009 11:04 AM

Ong Tee Keat's attempt to kick the PKFZ scandal into the Parliament's basket
isn't futile.
http://www.jeffooi.com/2009/06/pkfz_rm660m_payment_withheld_f.php

Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Ronald Kiandee confirmed, and announced in the
House today, that we MPs will not get the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) audit
report and its appendix on the Port Klang Free Trade (PKFZ) -- that Tee Keat
promised -- until the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has completed its
investigation on the matter.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/15/nation/4120156
&sec=nation

The deputy speaker also clarified that the 300 copies of the report were
being kept by the Parliament Cecretariat on its capacity as the secretariat
of PAC, because the reports were required by the PAC, first and foremost.

Unless the PAC finishes its job fast, and unless the Parliament will courier
the report to us MPs, this means the earliest date we MPs can obtained the
complete report is when the Parliament re-convenes on October 19.

So, what's new Malaysia Boleh, and quote OC Phang, what's new capable
Malaysians?

Let me repeat, again: This PKFZ scandal is fast becoming an Agatha Christie
mystery murder: You have a stinking corpse with multiple fatal stabs, no
killers.
http://www.jeffooi.com/2009/06/pkfz_rm660m_payment_withheld_f.php
http://www.jeffooi.com/2009/07/tee_keat_wheres_the_pkfz_repor.php
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http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/news_lite.php?id=422517

No-Distribution Of PKFZ Documents Causes A Stir In Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (Bernama) -- The Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) issue
caused a stir again in the Dewan Rakyat moments after session started today.

It was over documents on the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Position Review on
the PKFZ which were supposed to be distributed to members of parliament
(MPs), but did not.

The hype started when M. Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) wanted to know why the
documents were not distributed to the MPs, as promised by Transport Minister
Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, despite PKFZ having sent 300 copies of the
documents to the Parliament Secretary.

Deputy Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee said the documents were handed to the
Parliament Secretary in his capacity as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

"The PAC is still having a meeting before submitting its report to the
House. At the moment, the documents are for use by the PAC for its
investigations and (the documents) will be given to the House only after it
has completed its investigation," he added.

Unsatisfied with Kiandee's explanation, Kulasegaran continued to harp on the
matter until Kiandee ordered him to stop.

Last June 14, Ong had said that 300 copies of the PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC) Position Review on the PKFZ would be sent to Parliament the following
day for distribution to the MPs.

However, he had said that it would be up to Parliament when the copies would
be distributed to the members.

Yesterday, PAC chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said a full report on the
PKFZ scandal would be ready in three months and would be tabled in
Parliament at its sitting in October. --BERNAMA
____

PKFZ report: Longer wait for MPs
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/107655
____

http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/07/02/pac-decision-to-summon-liong-sik-kong
-choy-attorney-general-to-testify-on-rm12-5-billion-pkfz-scandal-lauded-though
-belated/

PAC decision to summon Liong Sik, Kong Choy, Attorney-General to testify on
RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal lauded though belated

posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

My three questions (No.100 to No. 102) on the 34th day in the current series
to Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat on the RM12.5 billion Port
Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal today are:

Question No. 1 - This is the second day that I am starting my "three
questions a day" with a welcome.

Yesterday I welcomed the Port Klang Authority (PKA) Board decision on the
withholding of RM660 million in the next drawdown of the government's soft
loan of RM4.6 billion to pay the PKFZ turnkey developer Kuala Dimensi Sdn.
Bhd. (KDSB) for the PKFZ land and construction.
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/07/01/is-otk-prepared-to-convene-a-emergency-mc\
a-general-assembly-to-secure-endorsement-for-his-handling-of-the-rm12-5-billion-\
pkfz-scandal-as-it-is-going-to-be-ong-and-mca%e2%80%99s-achilles-heel-in-next-g/

Today I welcome the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) decision yesterday to
summon in a fortnight the two former Transport Ministers, Tun Dr. Ling Liong
Sik and Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy, as well as the Attorney-General, to
testify over the PKFZ scandal. The PAC is also to summon the Barisan
Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBBC) and MP for Bintulu Tiong King Sing, who
is also the CEO of KDSB.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/31056-tee-keat-liong-sik-
and-kong-choy-summoned-over-pkfz

Last Wednesday, 24th June 2009 , during the debate on the government bill to
reallot the 2009 Budget arising from the Cabinet reshuffle by Datuk Seri
Najib Razak when he became Prime Minister, I had stressed that the Public
Accounts Committe (PAC) should not be a "cover up" for the PKFZ scandal,
berated the PAC Chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid for opposing the summoning
of Liong Sik, Kong Choy as well as other MCA big-wigs like Chor Chee Heong
and Yap Pian Hon.
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/06/25/rm12-5-billion-pkfz-scandal-the-great-
expose-in-parliament/

I in fact reiterated that Azmi should disqualify himself from the PAC
inquiry into the PKFZ scandal as he was a Minister and party to the July
2007 Cabinet decision to give retrospective approval for the four unlawful
Letters of Support issued by Liong Sik and Kong Choy and were the cause of
the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal.

I welcome the PAC decision to summon Liong Sik and Kong Choy and other
big-guns for this is the first time that the PAC is acting seriously and
responsibly in its inquiry into the PKFZ scandal.

Question No.2 - Today is the last day of the current three-week
parliamentary meeting and the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report and
appendices on the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal have not been tabled in
Parliament so that MPs from both the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat can
study, deliberate and debate them.

Something is wrong with the Ministerial capability of Ong and his commitment
to accountability and responsibility to Parliament when three weeks after
parliamentary meeting and his junket to France for the Paris Air Show, Ong
has not been able to table the PcW report and appendices in Parliament
although 300 copies of the PwC report and appendices have been sent to
Parliament!
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/29453-mps-to-get-
full-pkfz-report-on-monday-

MP for Ipoh Barat, M. Kulasegaran questioned at the beginning of the
Parliament sitting today why MPs have not yet received the PwC report and
appendices but to no avail.

We have now the ridiculous situation where 300 copies of the PwC report and
appendices have been sent to Parliament and are hidden away somewhere in the
Parliament building away from the sight of MPs, on the ground that they have
been hijacked by the Public Accounts Committee and would only be tabled in
Parliament together with the PAC report on the PKFZ.

If we have an efficient and responsible PAC Chairman, it is Ok, but we have
here a PAC Chairman who is prepared to play the unprecedented role of
hijacking and obstructing the access of MPs to the PwC report and appendices
on the PKFZ scandal - which is the first case of its kind in Commonwealth
parliamentary history.

Both the Transport Minister and the PAC Chairman are seriously remiss in
their parliamentary responsibilities.

Let me tell Ong that if he could not ensure that all MPs are immediately
given a copy of the PwC report and appendices, then he is not fit to be a
Minister.

Let me ask Azmi whether he is unaware that the PAC is being used as an
excuse by Ong to deny access of the PwC report and appendices to MPs? Why
has the PAC Chairman done nothing to ensure that PAC is not used as a
"scapegoat" by Ong to block the release of the PwC report and appendices to
MPs?

A responsible PAC Chairman could have resolved this obstruction and sabotage
of parliamentary accountability very simply, by submitting a preliminary PAC
report to Parliament together with the PwC report and appendices, informing
Parliament what PAC has done on the PKFZ scandal - which will allow the PAC
to continue with its further inquiries and deliberations including summoning
MCA big-wigs like former Transport Ministers, Liong Sik and Kong Choy and
former KPA Chairmen like Chew Peh, Pian Hon and Chor Heung to give
testimony.

What is Azmi not doing this?

My second question to Ong is what is he doing to ensure all MPs can get
immediate access to the PwC report and appendices, by making the PwC report
and appendices available to MPs?

If the PwC report and appendices have been hijacked by PAC and are under
"lock and key" in Parliament, is he prepared to make them available to MPs
directly, such as through the Transport Ministry in Putrajaya or Port Klang
Authority in Klang?

Question No. 3: My third question today is with regard to the RM1.2 billion
variation order by the PKFZ turnkey developer, Kuala Dimensi Sdn. Bhd and
Ong's May 10, 2008 letter to the Prime Minister seeking the latter's
approval.

Ong's attempt to distance himself from KDSB's RM1.2 billion variation order,
claiming that he just a postman forwarding the Port Klang Authority (PKA)
Board's decision, had been disproved by the contents of his May 10, 2008
letter which very clearly stated:
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/06/23/pkfz-scandal-ong-tee-keat-caught-red-
handed-telling-an-untruth-on-the-rm1-2-billion-kdsb-variation-order/

"6. Oleh yang demikian, saya pohon pertimbangan serta kelulusan
YAB Datuk Seri ke atas perkara seperti tersebut di perenggan 3(i)
dan 4."

Perenggan 3(i) and (4) referred to KDSB's RM1.2 billion variation order.

The third question I want to ask Ong is whether it is not true that PKA
Board in February 2008 had not taken the final decision to approve the RM1.2
billion KDSB variation order but had referred the whole matter to the
Transport Minister for a decision, although the PKA Board recommended
approval but the decision was to be taken by the Transport Minister.

If this is correct, then the decision to approve the RM1.2 billion KDSB
variation order - which is even higher than the original cost of the PKFZ
project as it was estimated to cost RM1.08 billion in 2002 - was taken
solely and squarely by the Transport Minister, either by Kong Choy who was
Transport Minister before the March 8, 2008 general elections or by Ong
himself after the March 2008 general elections.

Can Ong answer?
____

Tee Keat: I will cooperate in PAC probe
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/2/nation/4240585
&sec=nation

PKFZ: Full Support to Stop Payment
http://tonypua.blogspot.com/2009/07/pkfz-full-support-to-stop-payment.html
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