PELBAGAI BERITA YANG MECABAR RAKYAT SELANGOR PADA SESI PENDENGARAN SELCAT (dwibahasa)

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1. Sesi pendengaran hari ini diberitahu bahawa tindakan pejabat Daerah Petaling yang tidak mempuyai rekod, nombor cek dan tarikh untuk meluluskan 13 permohonan bertarikh 26 Februari 2008.

2. Terdapat duit peruntukan Adun yang digunakan untuk tujuan parti politik iaitu bantuan kewangan sebanyak RM400 untuk membayar sewa Bilik Gerakan Umno Batu 7 , di Gombak Setia.

3. For Paya Jaras state constituency, 165 applications amounting to RM504,500 were made between Jan 17 and Feb 1, 2008.

4. Previous Batu Caves lawmaker made 90 applications amounting to almost RM500,000 on Feb 12 last year and all the funds were paid out within 9 days. How RM70,000 in cash was paid out to one individual could not be explained.

Speaker Teng said any current and previous state lawmakers who wish to clarify or dispute the testimony of the officers can come forward and testify during the public inquiry.

“They can contact the secretariat of the state legislative assembly and arrangements will be made for them.

SELCAT pertikai peruntukan DUN

Tuesday, 08 September 2009

SHAH ALAM, 8 Sept - Selcat hari ini mempertikaian penggunaan peruntukan Dun untuk tujuan kempen politik pada pilihan raya umum Mac tahun lalu.

Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun), Teng Chang Khim Teng berkata peruntukan itu sepatutnya digunakan untuk program mesra rakyat, bukan dibelanjakan pada parti politik seperti yang didapati pada baucer pembayaran oleh pejabat daerah.

Selcat hari ini memanggil dua pegawai daerah iaitu pegawai daerah Petaling dan Gombak untuk menjelaskan butir-butir perbelanjaan Adun Barisan Nasional yang dihabiskan dalam tempoh dua bulan.

Menjelang pilihanraya lalu, setiap adun diperuntukan antara RM500,000 hingga RM600,00 ringgit untuk melaksanakan program mesra rakyat sepanjang tahun lalu.
Bagaimanapun semua peruntukan berkenaan didapati habis dibelanjakan pada pilihan raya umum lalu.

Teng juga mempertikaian pembayaran yang dibuat selepas Dewan Negeri selangor dibubarkan pada 3 Mac 2008.

Selcat yang dipengerusikan Speaker Dun, memulakan sesi pendengaran berhubung peruntukan Dun kira-kira jam 10 pagi tadi.

Selain Teng, lima anggota jawatankuasa tersebut terdiri daripada Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Bukit Antarabangsa, Mohamed Azmin Ali, Adun Taman Medan, Haniza Mohamed Talha, Adun Hulu Kelang, Shaari Sungib, Adun Permatang, Sulaiman Abdul Razak, Adun Dusun Tua, Ismail Sani dan Adun Bukit Gasing, Edward Lee.

Dalam sesi pendengaran pagi tadi, Teng mempertikaian tindakan pejabat Daerah Petaling yang tidak mempuyai rekod, nombor cek dan tarikh untuk meluluskan 13 permohonan bertarikh 26 Februari 2008.

Saksi pertama,Pegawai Daerahnya, Zulkifli Ahmad bagaimanapun mengakui kesilapan mereka dan meminta untuk mengemukakan perkara tersebut kemudian.

Selcat hari ini turut memanggil saksi kedua, Pegawai Daerah Gombak, Huzaimi Samsi, untuk memberi keterangan.

Shaari memberitahu Selcat bahawa duit peruntukan Adun ada juga digunakan untuk tujuan parti politik.

Katanya, pejabat daerah pernah meluluskan bantuan kewangan sebanyak RM400 untuk membayar sewa Bilik Gerakan Umno Batu 7 , di Gombak Setia.

Huzaini:Yang ini YB seperti yang saya katakan, memang kalau kita tak lulus pun kita susah juga , nak lulus pun susah juga.Inilah yang jadi tension kita. Nak release tension kita lulus jugalah”

Shaari: Yang susah tu apa,macam mana?

Huzaini:Dia duk kejar kita YB, susah la kita, itu yang kita lulus juga.

Shaari:Adakah pegawai takut dengan Adun?

Huzaini:Bukan takut dengan Adun, orang cari kita naik tak selesa.

Huzaini berkata demikian ketika membalas pertanyaan Shaari mengenai peruntukan adun yang digunakan untuk parti politik.

Sementara itu,Teng dalam sidang media tengah hari tadi berkata beliau berpuas hati dengan perjalanan pendengaran awam hari ini.

Menurutnya dua orang pegawai daerah yang dipanggil telahpun memberi kerjasama bagi membantu Selcat mempertingkatkan lagi pentadbiran kewangan khususnya dalam peruntukan Dun dalam negeri Selangor.

Sesi pendengaran bersambung esok.
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DO alleges BN men abused state allocations
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
©The Malaysian Insider
By Neville Spykerman

SHAH ALAM, Sept 8 — A district officer today revealed that Barisan National (BN) assemblymen under his jurisdiction had misused their state allocations ahead of the March 8 general elections last year.

Gombak District Officer Huzaini Samsi, who testified before the special select committee for competency, accountability and transparency (Selcat), also admitted that there was even a ‘possibility that the annual allocations were used for campaigning”.

He admitted it was morally wrong and extraordinary for the state lawmakers and exco members to spend their entire annual allocations in just two months.

BN state lawmakers received RM500,00 while state executive councillors received an additional RM100,000.

He said normal monthly expenditure only amounts to between RM20,000 and RM50,000 but during the general elections the lawmakers maximise their expenditure.’

“They try and spend as much as possible before the general elections.”

Huzaini, who became the Gombak District Officer in 2007, gave a candid account of how there was virtually no accountability and safeguards on how previous BN assemblyman spent their annual allocations.

He was the second witness to testify at the first of the public inquiry into how state allocations are spent by state law makers by the previous and current administrations.

Huzaini, who is in charged of overseeing allocations to six constituencies, said it was his personal opinion that lawmakers were entitled to the allocations while his office merely tried its best to ensure applications are approved with minimum delay.

He said assemblymen would call his office to expedite applications for funds but he initially denied there was any direct pressure to approve.

"We usually just approve all applications because we want to avoid confrontation," he said, adding that they were frequently caught in a difficult position.

“We are wrong if we approved and wrong if we didn’t.”

Huzaini said normal applications for funds are approved within two weeks but state lawmakers would often asked for applications to be processed and funds to be issued earlier.

However he was stumped when shown the spending patterns of previous BN assemblymen whose constituency are under his jurisdiction.

The previous Batu Caves lawmaker for instance made 90 applications amounting to almost RM500,000 on Feb 12 last year and all the funds were paid out within 9 days.

“Fantastic, I did not know my staff could work so hard,” said Huzaini.

He also could not explain how RM70,000 in cash was paid out to one individual.”

Another example shown was that of the Paya Jaras state constituency, where 165 applications amounting to RM504,500 were made between Jan 17 and Feb 1, 2008.

The entire amount was paid to a single individual.

Huzaini also confirmed that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had recently raided the Gombak land office but said he did not know if they were checking only on the files of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers or the previous BN assemblymen

Earlier Petaling District Officer Datuk Zulkepli Ahmad was at a loss to explain how approval for state allocations for BN lawmakers was given even after the state assembly was dissolved and even after the new PR state government was sworn-in.

Both Huzaini and Zulkepli requested for time to check their records. Huzaini is scheduled to return on Friday while Zulkepli requested two weeks.

Meanwhile Selcat chairman Teng Chang Khim said all nine District Officers will be called along with other necessary witnesses during the inquiry which will continue until Sept 14.

He said any current and previous state lawmakers who wish to clarify or dispute the testimony of the officers can come forward and testify during the public inquiry.

“They can contact the secretariat of the state legislative assembly and arrangements will be made for them.”