KUALA LUMPUR, 26 June 2009: DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang’s accusations that the minister of transport and Port Klang Authority (PKA) had failed to submit 300 copies of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) report to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are preposterous, PKA chairperson Datuk Lee Hwa Beng said. In a press statement […]
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Kit Siang wants Tee Keat referred to privileges committee
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has submitted a motion to refer Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat to Parliament’s Privileges Committee. “This is for misleading Parliament in his eight-minute ministerial statement on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal on 22 June (2009),” Lim said in a press conference […]
DAP’s Tony Pua suspended from Parliament
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 24 June 2009: DAP Member of Parliament (MP) Tony Pua was thrown out of the Dewan Rakyat today after an extended argument on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal. Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said he decided to suspend Pua for the rest of the day because the MP for PJ […]
PKFZ’s RM12.5bil cost only “an estimate”
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 22 June 2009: The final cost to tax payers of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal has yet to be determined, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said today. Ong, who delivered a ministerial statement in Parliament, said that the ballooned figure of RM12.5 billion for the mismanaged PKFZ project was only […]
Motion to discuss PKFZ rejected
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 15 June 2009: A motion by DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang (Ipoh Timur) to debate the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal in Parliament was rejected this morning. Lim, in a press conference after Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin rejected his motion, also questioned the absence of Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee […]
Don’t waste time on fruitless debate on PKFZ: Ong
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today rejected a call by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang’s challenge to have an open debate on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). “I see no reason to waste valuable time to engage in fruitless public debates of any form that do not […]
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 […]
