KUALA LUMPUR, 11 June 2009: DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang will move a motion to debate the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal when parliament resumes sitting on Monday, 15 June 2009. Lim at the forum “This scandal of all scandals is an utter disgrace,” Lim said in a DAP forum titled The RM12.5 […]
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PKFZ measures will be “in best interest of the people”
SHAH ALAM, 29 May 2009: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat says that any measure taken to address problems relating to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) will be done in the best interest of the people, even if it affects his own political career. “I am going to unfold (all the strategies and […]
Freeze bank accounts of those in PKFZ fiasco
By Gan Pei LingCorrected on 31 May 2009 at 10am KLANG, 29 May 2009: The government should freeze the bank accounts of everyone implicated in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) controversy, while those who are also holding government positions should be suspended pending the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations into the scandal. DAP Klang member of parliament […]
PKA chairperson submits audit report to MACC
PUTRAJAYA, 29 May 2009: Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairperson Datuk Lee Hwa Beng submitted a copy of the audit report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here today. Lee said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat instructed him to do so. Lee had a short […]
PKA chairperson to lodge report with MACC
PORT KLANG, 28 May 2009: Port Klang Authority chairperson Datuk Lee Hwa Beng said he will lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) based on the audited report on Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project and the operator of the project, PKFZ Sdn Bhd tomorrow morning. He said he would hand over the […]
Highlights of report on PKFZ, PKFZSB
By Joseph ChinKUALA LUMPUR, 28 May 2009: PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services (PwCAS) was appointed by Port Klang Authority (PKA) to conduct a review of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) and Port Klang Free Zone Sdn Bhd (PKFZSB). The report was made public on 28 May. Project costs escalation In its review of the Port Klang Free Zone […]
PKFZ report to be released tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 May 2009: The cabinet has given its approval for the for the audit report on the Port Klang Free Zone by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to be released in its entirety as soon as possible, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat announced today. Ong, who is also MCA President, said he has “now […]
PKFZ pickle
By Gan Pei Ling“I wish to inform the rakyat about the true situation — whether it was actually squandered, not squandered, and where it has gone to, as well as the breakdown of the budget…What’s important is that we are responsible for informing the public.” Then newly-appointed Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat pledged to reveal to […]
PKA chairperson no longer has power to release PKFZ report
By Sharon TanKUALA LUMPUR: Even though all technical issues have been cleared for the Port Klang Authority to release the controversial Port Klang Free Zone report, the PKA board meeting had on 21 May resolved that PKA chairman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng cannot make the report public since it is now being deliberated in cabinet. Lee said […]
Come clean on PKFZ, Ong urged (Updated)
By Zedeck Siew and Gan Pei LingUpdated 7.50pm, 20 May 2009 PETALING JAYA, 20 May 2009: DAP has repeated its call for all details on the contentious Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project to be made public. “Malaysians are tired of the 14-month procrastination by Ong to fulfill his public pledge to ‘tell all’ about the PKFZ scandal,” said DAP adviser […]