Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) was issuing bonds for the 404.5ha land in Pulau Indah meant for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project, a retired senior Treasury official told the High Court.
Retired Treasury deputy secretary-general Abdul Rahim Mokti testified yesterday that he came to know between 2004 and 2006 that KDSB was issuing bonds over the land deal.
High Court judge Justice Ahmadi Asnawi asked him to clarify the statement.
“I was informed by my officers, but I don’t know what bonds,” Abdul Rahim said.
He was testifying in Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s trial over the PKFZ scandal.
When he was asked to refer to a Finance Minister Note which was signed off by the then prime minister and finance minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, which stated that the overall cost of the project was to be RM2.44bil he said that it showed that the MOF higher ups believed that the RM25psf was separate from the interest cost.
Rahim, who was also a Port Klang Authority board member, said although he was aware that the MOF had wanted to get the land via acquisition, he did not object to the proposals to purchase when it was brought up at board level.
Dr Ling has claimed trial to an amended principal charge of deceiving the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet an additional interest rate of 7.5% annually in the land purchase for the PKFZ project.
He faces two optional charges of cheating the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet facts pertaining to the interest rate, and deceiving it into believing that facts on the land purchase at RM25psf and 7.5% interest were certified and agreed to by Valuation and Property Services Department when he knew that there was no such consent.
He is said to have committed the offences at the Prime Minister’s office in Putrajaya between Sept 25 and Nov 6, 2002.
Hearing continues today.
Source : The Star
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Policemen claim trial to bribery charge
Two policemen claimed trial at a Sessions Court for allegedly agreeing to receive a RM4,000 bribe from a trader as an inducement to release two Thai women in police custody.
Insp Mohd Azrul Azza Mat Jubin, 26, and Konst Mohd Fitri Hayat Ahmad, 23, pleaded not guilty before judge Mohd Bakri Abdul Majid here yesterday.
The offence was allegedly committed at the criminal investigation department’s office at the Seri Kembangan police station on Dec 24 last year.
The two Thai women were arrested on Dec 18.
The two cops were charged under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act which provides for a jail term of not more than 20 years and a fine of up to five times the amount of the bribe.
The court fixed bail at RM5,000 in one surety each and set Oct 17 for mention.
Mohd Azrul Azza was represented by lawyer Azizzul Shariman Mat Yusoff, while Mohd Fitri Hayat was represented by lawyer G. Subramaniam Nair.
MACC prosecuting officer Mahamad Sukri Seman appeared for the prosecution.
Source : The Star
Insp Mohd Azrul Azza Mat Jubin, 26, and Konst Mohd Fitri Hayat Ahmad, 23, pleaded not guilty before judge Mohd Bakri Abdul Majid here yesterday.
The offence was allegedly committed at the criminal investigation department’s office at the Seri Kembangan police station on Dec 24 last year.
The two Thai women were arrested on Dec 18.
The two cops were charged under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act which provides for a jail term of not more than 20 years and a fine of up to five times the amount of the bribe.
The court fixed bail at RM5,000 in one surety each and set Oct 17 for mention.
Mohd Azrul Azza was represented by lawyer Azizzul Shariman Mat Yusoff, while Mohd Fitri Hayat was represented by lawyer G. Subramaniam Nair.
MACC prosecuting officer Mahamad Sukri Seman appeared for the prosecution.
Source : The Star
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
PKFZ case: ‘Phang did not agree with scrutiny’
Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Datin O.C. Phang did not think it necessary to refer the Pulau Indah land deal to the Attorney-General’s Chambers, fearing further delays to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project, the High Court was told.
PKA legal adviser Fazilah Surkisah Mohammad testified that Phang had disagreed with her suggestion for the A-G’s Chambers to look through the sales and purchase agreement, prepared by the firm of Messrs Rashid Asari & Co, to ensure that all the terms and conditions were in order for the Pulau Indah land deal.
“Her reasons were that PKA usually did not refer its agreements to the A-G’s Chambers, and that the land matter (in Pulau Indah) had already taken too much time to be resolved.
“She also said that as PKA was a statutory body, it would not be given any priority by the A-G’s Chambers,” Fazilah said when testifying in former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s trial over the PKFZ scandal yesterday.
She added that she made the suggestion as she felt PKA was not financially secure and would have to be eventually bailed out by the Government.
Fazilah said that she made a second suggestion after vetting the agreement, this time to have the Transport Ministry look through it, and Phang agreed.
During her examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Manoj Kurup, Fazilah told the court that she was not consulted, and neither was her opinion required, in many of the meetings held over the land deal.
Manoj: Were you asked to investigate the legal implications of the land acquisition?
Fazilah: No.
Manoj: While they (the lawyers) were preparing the terms of the agreement draft, did you contribute any input?
Fazilah: No. I only looked through it after, as instructed by the general manager.
Dr Ling has claimed trial to an amended principal charge of deceiving the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet an additional interest rate of 7.5% annually for the purchase of land for the PKFZ project.
He faces two optional charges of cheating the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet the facts pertaining to the interest rate as well as deceiving it into believing that facts on the land purchase at RM25psf and 7.5% interest rate were certified and agreed to by the Finance Ministry’s Valuation and Property Services Department when he knew there was no such consent.
He had allegedlly committed the offences at the Prime Minister’s office in Putrajaya between Sept 25 and Nov 6, 2002.
Source : The Star
Related News : Ex-minister says he signed sale and purchase agreement earlier
PKA legal adviser Fazilah Surkisah Mohammad testified that Phang had disagreed with her suggestion for the A-G’s Chambers to look through the sales and purchase agreement, prepared by the firm of Messrs Rashid Asari & Co, to ensure that all the terms and conditions were in order for the Pulau Indah land deal.
“Her reasons were that PKA usually did not refer its agreements to the A-G’s Chambers, and that the land matter (in Pulau Indah) had already taken too much time to be resolved.
“She also said that as PKA was a statutory body, it would not be given any priority by the A-G’s Chambers,” Fazilah said when testifying in former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s trial over the PKFZ scandal yesterday.
She added that she made the suggestion as she felt PKA was not financially secure and would have to be eventually bailed out by the Government.
Fazilah said that she made a second suggestion after vetting the agreement, this time to have the Transport Ministry look through it, and Phang agreed.
During her examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Manoj Kurup, Fazilah told the court that she was not consulted, and neither was her opinion required, in many of the meetings held over the land deal.
Manoj: Were you asked to investigate the legal implications of the land acquisition?
Fazilah: No.
Manoj: While they (the lawyers) were preparing the terms of the agreement draft, did you contribute any input?
Fazilah: No. I only looked through it after, as instructed by the general manager.
Dr Ling has claimed trial to an amended principal charge of deceiving the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet an additional interest rate of 7.5% annually for the purchase of land for the PKFZ project.
He faces two optional charges of cheating the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet the facts pertaining to the interest rate as well as deceiving it into believing that facts on the land purchase at RM25psf and 7.5% interest rate were certified and agreed to by the Finance Ministry’s Valuation and Property Services Department when he knew there was no such consent.
He had allegedlly committed the offences at the Prime Minister’s office in Putrajaya between Sept 25 and Nov 6, 2002.
Source : The Star
Related News : Ex-minister says he signed sale and purchase agreement earlier
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Ex-minister says he signed sale and purchase agreement earlier
Former Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairman Tan Sri Dr Ting Chew Peh told the High Court that he had signed the sale and purchase (S&P) agreement with Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) before getting the official go-ahead from the Cabinet.
He said this during his examination-in-chief conducted by deputy public prosecutor Manoj Kurup yesterday.
“Before I signed the S&P, the PKA’s legal adviser gave me an explanation, and told me that everything was in order,” he said when testifying in former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s trial over the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.
Manoj: Did you ask the legal adviser if the Cabinet had given its approval (before signing)?
Dr Ting: No, but I might have been informed by the legal adviser and the general manager (Datin O.C. Phang) that the Cabinet had agreed to it.
Dr Ting had signed the agreement on Nov 12, 2002, when retired transport ministry secretary-general Datuk Zakaria Bahari had only written to Phang on Nov 20, 2002, informing PKA of the official Cabinet decision (made in a meeting on Nov 6).
However, Dr Ting, the former housing and local government minister, agreed that it was “normal practice” for a Cabinet decision to be carried out only after receiving the information officially.
When asked if he had informed the PKA board that he was going to sign the agreement, he replied: “I don’t remember if I had informed them.”
Dr Ling has claimed trial to an amended principal charge of deceiving the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet an additional interest rate of 7.5% annually for the purchase of land for the PKFZ project.
He faces two optional charges of cheating the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet facts pertaining to the interest rate, and deceiving it into believing that facts on the land purchase at RM25psf and 7.5% interest rate were certified and agreed to, by the Finance Ministry’s Valuation and Property Services Department when he knew there was no such consent.
He is said to have committed the offences at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya between Sept 25 and Nov 6, 2002.
Source : The Star
Related News : PKFZ case now in High Court
He said this during his examination-in-chief conducted by deputy public prosecutor Manoj Kurup yesterday.
“Before I signed the S&P, the PKA’s legal adviser gave me an explanation, and told me that everything was in order,” he said when testifying in former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s trial over the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.
Manoj: Did you ask the legal adviser if the Cabinet had given its approval (before signing)?
Dr Ting: No, but I might have been informed by the legal adviser and the general manager (Datin O.C. Phang) that the Cabinet had agreed to it.
Dr Ting had signed the agreement on Nov 12, 2002, when retired transport ministry secretary-general Datuk Zakaria Bahari had only written to Phang on Nov 20, 2002, informing PKA of the official Cabinet decision (made in a meeting on Nov 6).
However, Dr Ting, the former housing and local government minister, agreed that it was “normal practice” for a Cabinet decision to be carried out only after receiving the information officially.
When asked if he had informed the PKA board that he was going to sign the agreement, he replied: “I don’t remember if I had informed them.”
Dr Ling has claimed trial to an amended principal charge of deceiving the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet an additional interest rate of 7.5% annually for the purchase of land for the PKFZ project.
He faces two optional charges of cheating the Government by not exposing to the Cabinet facts pertaining to the interest rate, and deceiving it into believing that facts on the land purchase at RM25psf and 7.5% interest rate were certified and agreed to, by the Finance Ministry’s Valuation and Property Services Department when he knew there was no such consent.
He is said to have committed the offences at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya between Sept 25 and Nov 6, 2002.
Source : The Star
Related News : PKFZ case now in High Court
RM5,000 fine over RM50 bribe
A logistics executive was slapped with a RM5,000 fine or two months’ jail by a Sessions Court here after he admitted to bribing a policeman in an attempt to avoid receiving a summons for driving without a valid road tax.
R. Segarananthan, 27, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge under Section 214 of the Penal Code before judge Asmadi Hussin here yesterday.
Before sentencing the accused, the judge chided him for his reckless act of driving his car without a road tax.
“It is dangerous to drive around without a road tax. What would happen if there was an accident and someone died or became paralysed?
“You are lucky that you pleaded guilty to an alternative charge, otherwise I wouldn’t hesitate to send you to jail,” said Asmadi.
Segarananthan had bribed Sjn Mohd Amir Yassin from IPD Klang Selatan traffic police station with RM50 as an inducement for the policeman not to issue him a summons for driving his car without a road tax in Jalan Batu Ujur, Klang, at 10pm on July 23.
Source : The Star
R. Segarananthan, 27, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge under Section 214 of the Penal Code before judge Asmadi Hussin here yesterday.
Before sentencing the accused, the judge chided him for his reckless act of driving his car without a road tax.
“It is dangerous to drive around without a road tax. What would happen if there was an accident and someone died or became paralysed?
“You are lucky that you pleaded guilty to an alternative charge, otherwise I wouldn’t hesitate to send you to jail,” said Asmadi.
Segarananthan had bribed Sjn Mohd Amir Yassin from IPD Klang Selatan traffic police station with RM50 as an inducement for the policeman not to issue him a summons for driving his car without a road tax in Jalan Batu Ujur, Klang, at 10pm on July 23.
Source : The Star
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