The Government has filed an application to forfeit assets belonging to nine companies and individuals, including Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, in a case related to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.
The assets, amounting to more than RM32mil in cash, six cheques worth RM5.49mil, and four pieces of land in Shah Alam, Klang and Kota Kinabalu, were seized by the authorities between Nov 25, 2009, and May 14, 2010.
In their application filed on Nov 23 last year, the Government sought for the movable and immovable assets to be forfeited under provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001, as these assets were proceeds from other offences.
High Court judge Justice Ghazali Cha has fixed Sept 27 to hear the application to allow for the exchange of further affidavits by parties in the case.
Besides Tiong, the other respondents named were Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd, Transshipment Megahub Bhd, Coastal Skyline Sdn Bhd, Wijaya Baru Aviation Sdn Bhd, Wijaya Baru Sdn Bhd, Wijaya Baru Construction Sdn Bhd, Law Ka Hing and Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor.
The Federal Government was represented by deputy public prosecutor Anselm Charles Fernandis. Defence lawyers included Datuk K. Kumarendran, Datuk C. Vijayakumar and Shamsul Sulaiman.
The PKFZ has been embroiled in controversy over its cost. Originally estimated at less than RM2bil, the figure more than doubled to RM4.6bil in 2007, with an expected final tally of RM12.5bil.
Among those who have been charged for alleged criminal breach of trust over the matter are former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Datin O.C. Phang, PKFZ developer Kuala Dimensi chief operating officer Stephen Abok, Bernard Tan of BTA Architect, and Kuala Dimensi former project manager Law Jenn Dong.
All have claimed trial.
Source : The Star
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