DOKUMEN PKFZ HENDAKLAH DIKELASKAN SEMULA

PKR: Declassify all Cabinet documents on PKFZ


KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 05, 2009) : Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) today called the government to declassify all the Cabinet documents relating to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ).

"It is not enough to just set up a special task force if the task force and even the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) cannot look into the documents, which are classified under Official Secrets Act (OSA)," Selayang MP William Leong told a press conference at Parliament lobby today.
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Showing a copy of a letter dated Nov 20, 2002 from Transport Ministry to Port Klang Authority (PKA) General Manager Datin Paduka O C Phang entitled ‘Suggestion on Purchase of 1000 acres Land in Pulau Indah for the PKA Mega Distribution Hub Project’, he said the it stated the Transport Minister had written to the Prime Minister suggesting that land for the project should be obtained by purchasing it and was allowed to do so.

"The letter says that a note from the Transport Minister on the matter was presented in a Cabinet meeting on Nov 6, 2002," Leong said.

"We and the public want to know what was the content of the note that after presented in the Cabinet meeting, the Cabinet approved the purchase of the land for the Mega Distribution Hub Project bases on certain conditions," he said.

The letter said the purchase should adhere to the conditions agreed between Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) and PKA which include based on willing buyer and willing seller method, price of land for RM25 per sq ft and 15 years repayment period.

"In this parliamentary session, I have asked the Cabinet to explain the reasons for ordering PKFZ to buy 1000acres land for RM25 per sq ft from KDSB and not to acquire the land with market price of RM10 per sq ft based on the PricewaterhouseCooper report," he said.

"But the question was rejected and the reason given was that the Cabinet’s decisions are confidential," Leong said.

He said if the government wants to really get to the bottom of the scandal as they claimed, then it should response well to DAP’s call for declassifying the documents related to PKFZ so that every single wrongdoings can be exposed.


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