Also concurrently the MCA President Ong Tee Keat.
For keepint to his word and time table of having the Special Task Force on PKFZ prepare comprehensive reports on the potential billlion-ringgit scabdal and a saga still unfolding. We hope the previous Transport ministers, also toppish MCA leaders Chan Kong Choy and Dr Ling Lion Sik, would be able to account for their involvement, that is, commission of any ire=regular acts, or ommission, that is, dereliction of duties.
Clearly there is also conflict of interest situations involving many "key" players, especially the current BN Backbenchers'Club Chairman Tiong Sing King, MP for Bintulu. Did he also sponsor those 30+ MPs on a study trip to Taiwan just to frustrate DSAI's Mission 916?Sorry for digressing, BUT I THOUGHT IMUST KEEP MY ER DULY INFORMED ABOUT PROTAGONISTS on the Stage in Shakespeare's Straford-on-Avonshire or at PWTC or Wisma MCA...
From MM cometh:
Police report lodged against PKFZ developer and consultants
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 16:49
KLANG – Port Klang Authority chairman Lee Hwa Beng went ahead to lodge a police report against Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd over the company’s alleged irregularities in handling the development of the controversial Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project.
He also lodged a report against BTA Architect, the appointed consultant of the mammoth waterfront industrial park and international cargo distribution centre.
The police reports followed a meeting on Monday between the port authority board and members of a special task force formed two months ago to look into the legal and financial aspects of the project.
At the meeting, the PKA board received a lengthy report by the task force, which allegedly showed irregular claims, negligence, wrongdoings and other irregularities to the tune of between RM500mil and RM1bil.
The findings by the task force followed an earlier report by auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services (PwCAS) last year.
Tiong: No point talking further
Reacting to the shocking revelations about his company, Kuala Dimensi chief executive officer Tiong King Sing said: “There is no point in talking any further on the PKFZ issue but to meet the relevant parties in court.”
Lee said he filed the police reports at the directive of the PKA board, following the Monday meeting on the issue.
He arrived at the district police headquarters in Jalan Gedung Raja Abdullah here, with his lawyer and several officers, to lodge the reports at about 10.15am.
“I cannot say much further, I leave it to the police to investigate,” he told reporters at the police station here on Tuesday.Lee added that he had mentioned most of the points on Monday during his press conference after the PKA board meeting.
“There are so (many) details, if I say anything further (then) you report, you and I will be sued for defamation,” he said, adding that it was the first time the PKA had lodged a report against Kuala Dimensi.
Report also to the MACC?
He said that PKA planned to also sue Kuala Dimensi, adding this would be decided at the next PKA board meeting next Tuesday, “We have not made the final decision yet, we have already asked the lawyer to look into it,” he said.
When asked if PKA would lodge a similar report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Lee said he would bring it up with the board on Tuesday and at this juncture, he was only asked to lodge a police report.
Tiong, who is Bintulu MP and Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club chairman, said the special task force report which made allegations against his company had tarnished its image.
Agreement on consultancy fees
He said all PKFZ agreements should be read carefully. "There are clauses to state that consultancy fees are to be paid to Kota Dimensi. This is just one of the points I can raise now, he said.
He also claimed that the task force never called him or his deputy to give their side of the story.
Kota Dimensi had earlier filed suitssuits against the PKA and PwCAS over the latter's position review report on PKFZ, which was subsequently made public.
DESIDERATA: will try to consolidate recent reports on the PKFZ scandal no that my gOod buddy-BUMmer Ancient Mariner is no more with us to cover one of his specialised subjects -- we must cherish his memory by soldiering on. He would like fellow Bloggers to continue...FULL STEAM AHEAD!
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