Kit Siang slams A-G for inaction in PKFZ scandal

PETALING JAYA, Sept 19 — Lim Kit Siang has slammed the Attorney-General for not prosecuting two former ministers in the scandal-hit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project as the government scrambled to contain damage from a leaked Cabinet paper which inferred they knew of the cost overruns.

The DAP leader also criticised the government move to take action over the leaked Cabinet paper which appeared in fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin's Malaysia-Today website while ignoring transparency concerns over the project that could potentially cost RM12.5 billion to taxpayers.

"Why didn’t Attorney-General Gani Patail prosecute previous Transport Ministers Ling Liong Sik and Chan Kong Choy for unlawfully issuing four Letters of Support, landing the taxpayers with the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal?" the veteran opposition leader asked in a statement today.

The Ipoh Timur MP noted that at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing last Aug 12, Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail had made clear his position that the four "Letters of Support" issued by previous Transport Ministers Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik and Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy from 2003 to 2006 for the RM4 billion bonds by the PKFZ turnkey contractor Kuala Dimensi Sdn. Bhd (KDSB) were in fact Letters of Guarantee and had been unlawfully issued. - + selanjutnya

Kit Siang slams A-G for inaction in PKFZ scandal