Laporan PAC yang diketuai Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid juga berpendapat surat akujanji yang dikeluarkan oleh Phang adalah bertentangan dengan keputusan kerajaan kerana semasa meluluskan projek PKFZ, kerajaan telah memutuskan supaya ia dibiayai sendiri oleh LPK.
PAC Syor SPRM Siasat Kong Choy, Phang
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Nov (Bernama) -- Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Awam mengesyorkan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia dan polis menyiasat bekas Menteri Pengangkutan Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy ( FOTO KANAN) dan bekas pengurus besar Lembaga Pelabuhan Klang Phang Datuk Paduka O.C.Phang (FOTO KIRI) kerana pecah amanah berhubung tiga surat sokongan dan surat akujanji untuk projek Zon Bebas Pelabuhan Klang.
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PAC syor siasat menteri pengangkutan
Tindakan Chan dan Phang juga boleh disabitkan dengan kesalahan jenayah pecah amanah di bawah Seksyen 409 yang dibaca bersama Seksyen 409B Kanun Keseksaan.
Seksyen 409 Kanun Keseksaan memperuntukkan hukuman minimum dua tahun maksimum 20 tahun, dan dengan sebat, dan boleh juga dikenakan hukuman denda jika sabit kesalahan.
Laporan PAC yang diketuai Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid juga berpendapat surat akujanji yang dikeluarkan oleh Phang adalah bertentangan dengan keputusan kerajaan kerana semasa meluluskan projek PKFZ, kerajaan telah memutuskan supaya ia dibiayai sendiri oleh LPK.
"Jawatankuasa dimaklumkan oleh Peguam Negara bahawa tiga surat sokongan yang dikeluarkan oleh Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy, (bekas) Menteri Pengangkutan dan ketiga-tiga surat akujanji yang dikeluarkan oleh Pengurus Besar LPK (Lembaga Pelabuhan Kelang) secara tersirat atau bersifat jaminan daripada kerajaan yang meletakkan tanggungan ke atas kerajaan untuk memastikan ada peruntukan yang membolehkan LPK memenuhi obligasinya di bawah Perjanjian Pembangunan.
"Oleh itu, siasatan rapi perlu dibuat oleh Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia/Polis Diraja Malaysia terhadap perkara ini kerana ia dikeluarkan tanpa kelulusan daripada Kementerian Kewangan sepertimana yang dikehendaki di bawah Seksyen 14(1) Akta Tatacara Kewangan 1957," kata laporan itu.
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10 implicated in PAC's probe of PKFZ
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3, 2009) : More than 10 senior officials and ex-ministers will be implicated in the Public Accounts Committee's report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) multi-billion ringgit fiasco to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow.
PAC member Tony Pua told reporters in the Parliament lobby today that PAC knows the Cabinet received a report on PKFZ and that "many ministers are accountable because no action was taken based on the report".
"However, there are one or two (ex) ministers who had heavier and specific responsibilities to act and did not," Pua said referring to the "leaked" cabinet papers on the PKFZ showing that the government was aware of all the problems.
Declining to name the officials, he told reporters to wait for the report to be tabled first.
"We hope that stern and swift action are taken by the government so that such wastage of public funds will not recur," he said.
It was earlier reported that a former transport minister was named for alleged criminal breach of trust, as were senior civil servants from the ministry and the Port Klang Authority (PKA), most of whom have retired since.
Several members of the PKA’s board of directors were also named in the report.
The findings, said to be between 15 pages and 20 pages long, alleges the project had breached several guidelines listed by the Treasury in 2001 and that the evidence of overbilling by PKFZ turnkey developer Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd were consistent with those revealed by a task force set up by the Transport Ministry to probe the project.
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SURAT SOKONGAN DAN AKUJANJI YANG MEMBAWA PADAH (DWIBAHASA)
PKFZ: FORMER TWO TRANSPORT MINISTERS CALLED BY PAC
*Elements of incompetency found in PKFZ project (theStar)
*KFZ: PAC unable to conclude on nature of four letters (sun2surf)
Elements of incompetency found in PKFZ project
KUALA LUMPUR: There are elements of incompetency in the handling of the Pork Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said.
PAC chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said there were still more that needed to be investigated before the committee gave a final report to the Government and the Parliament before the Dewan Rakyat sits again in October.
“Generally, based on the PAC findings on the issue, the running of the PKFZ project had been carried out by incompetent people.
“This is not our conclusion as yet, because we calling more people for their statements before we can finish the enquiry in the next few months,” he told reporters after questioning former transport minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy during a hearing on the project at the Parliament House on Wednesday.
Azmi said the PAC will call Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail on August 12.
He added officials and former officials from the Transport Ministry, including a former secretary-general, and the directors of the Port Klang Authority board would also be called.
Azmi said Chan was questioned mostly on the three letters of support he gave to the PKFZ during his tenure as minister. A fourth letter was given to PKFZ by former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik earlier.
Dr Ling had told the PAC earlier that the letter he had issued to facilitate the financing of the PKFZ was not tantamount to a government guarantee.
Azmi said Chan was asked how decisions were made particularly in the approval for the issue of bonds to raise funds for the project,
He was also questioned on the significance of the supporting letters which were interpreted as guarantee letters and the rationale for giving them to PKA.
“Chan said they were called supporting letters as agreed by the local and Commonwealth legal experts.
“The PAC cannot make a conclusion on what the letters should be termed as because we are not the body that decides on that matter, “ he added.
It was reported that Chan had signed three letters of support during his tenure as minister which allowed the developer Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd to issue RM2.375bil worth of debt papers to raise funds for the PKFZ project.
Azmi said Chan was responsive and cooperative during the enquiry although he told the PAC that he decided to come although he was unwell. Chan left the meeting at 1.30pm.
“I’ve nothing to comment. I’m a retired man,” he said.
Earlier, Chan arrived at Parliament House at 10.55am. He smiled and greeted the media before entering the enquiry room.
He came with several people believed to be a lawyer and assistants carrying a bag of documents.
PAC deputy chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw said there was lack of transparency and accountability in the project.
“At the moment, we see that the project didn’t adhere to financial procedures.
“Chan tried his best to reply to our question. Some questions he didn’t answer,” he added.by
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KFZ: PAC unable to conclude on nature of four letters
KUALA LUMPUR (July 29, 2009) : The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is unable to conclude that the four letters of support for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project issued by two former cabinet ministers are not government guarantees, its chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said today.
After hearing the testimony of former transport minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy for about two hours over the controversial RM4.9 billion project, Azmi said the question of whether the letters are government guarantees or not is subject to legal opinion.
"Although Chan and his predecessor Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik have denied the letters were guarantees, these are only their opinion, Azmi told reporters.
"We have different opinions in the legal aspect and we are not the body to determine. It is up to other bodies to decide."
Chan issued three letters of support, in 2004, 2005 and 2006, which confirmed that the ministry "shall at all times in the future ensure that Port Klang Authority (PKA) is in the position to meet their liabilities in respect of the repayment amount".
The first letter of support was issued on May 28, 2003 by Ling, and he had also told the PAC two weeks ago the letter was not a guarantee and that it had no financial implication on the government.
The four letters of support have been uploaded, together with other 19 appendices to the PricewaterhouseCoopers report on July 15, on the PKFZ information portal (pkfznews.com.my).
Azmi said Chan, who was accompanied by his legal adviser, was responsive and cooperative to the committee and most of the questions posted to the ex-minister were on the letters of support.
"His stand, which had also been explained in Parliament as well as by the Finance Ministry, was that these letters were not a form of guarantee but merely support," he said
"He had obtained legal views from well-known lawyers not only in Malaysia but also at the Commonwealth level that the letters cannot be construed as guarantee.
"(However) the differences in opinions should be looked into by the parties concerned. "
Azmi said the PAC will get more input for its report from Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail on Aug 12, as well as from high-ranking officers, former board members of PKA, and former Transport Ministry secretary-general Datuk Zaharah Shaari on Aug 13.
He said the committee had also asked Chan to explain the rationale for some decisions made. He declined to disclose details, saying all will be made available in the PAC report.
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GAJI, ELAUN SERTA MANFAAT DUA SET MB, EXCO SERTA PENASIHAT SIAPA BAYAR
Kemelut politik di Perak menuntut pelbagai jalan penyelesaian dan jalan keluar dari krisis yang melanda. Antaranya: Siapa yang berhak menerima gaji dan elaun MB, Nizar atau Zamry. Bagaimana dengan gaji dan elaun Exco PR dan BN serta Para Penasihat dan pegawai penerangan yang dilantik?
Buat BN/UMNO ( UMNOlah Masalah Nyalahkan Orang pulok) : Kome tak ada koje cari koje, dah ada koje pape pule sebab nak bergaye. 
PAC Perak Panggil Zambry, Nizar Dan Exco
Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Perak (PAC) akan memanggil menteri besar dan bekas menteri besar untuk memberi penjelasan berhubung dakwaan penggunaan wang kerajaan sepanjang krisis politik di negeri itu.
Selain Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir dan Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, PAC turut memanggil barisan exco mereka untuk memberi keterangan pada mesyuarat khas yang akan diadakan pada pukul 4 petang, 5 Mac ini.
Pengerusi PAC Wong Kah Woh berkata PAC boleh mengeluarkan arahan untuk waran tangkap terhadap individu yang enggan hadir.
"PAC yang mengadakan mesyuarat di Bilik Mesyuarat Kewangan negeri, di sini semalam memutuskan terdapat dua perkara sepanjang krisis kerajaan negeri yang perlu ditangani segera iaitu berkaitan pelantikan tiga penasihat Menteri Besar baru dan Ketua Penerangan kerajaan negeri," katanya pada sidang akhbar di pejabat Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak di sini hari ini.
Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) kawasan Canning itu berkata PAC mempersoal pelantikan Datuk Chang Ko Youn sebagai Penasihat Hal Ehwal Masyarakat Cina, Datuk S Veerasingam (Penasihat Hal Ehwal Masyarakat India) dan Datuk Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz sebagai Penasihat Hal Ehwal Agama serta pelantikan Datuk Hamdi Abu Bakar sebagai Ketua Penerangan Kerajaan Perak.
Beliau berkata pelantikan itu dianggap luar biasa dan membabitkan penggunaan sejumlah wang yang besar kerana ia memerlukan pembayaran gaji atau elaun tertentu yang sememangnya menggunakan wang kerajaan negeri.
"Oleh itu, timbul persoalan yang memerlukan penjelasan daripada pihak berkenaan iaitu apakah dasar undang-undang yang diguna dalam pelantikan itu, rasional dan tujuan pelantikan serta emolumen yang dibayar termasuk gaji, elaun dan kemudahan lain yang disediakan," katanya.
Wong yang juga Setiausaha Publisiti DAP Perak berkata PAC turut mempersoal manfaat daripada pelantikan itu kerana dua daripada mereka iaitu Chang dan Veerasingam bukan Adun, manakala kelayakan dua wakil rakyat iaitu Mohd Najmuddin dan Hamdi sebagai anggota pentadbiran negeri adalah diragui.
"PAC juga akan menuntut penjelasan berhubung kedudukan Zambry dan Mohammad Nizar sebagai menteri besar serta barisan exco masing-masing pada mesyuarat khas itu," katanya.
Beliau berkata dalam keadaan krisis politik sekarang PAC perlu mengambil berat dan memastikan barisan exco mana harus dibayar gaji dan elaun serta kemudahan lain seperti yang diperuntukkan undang-undang.
Wong berkata jika keadaan memerlukan, PAC juga akan memanggil Penasihat Undang-Undang negeri Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid dan Setiausaha Kerajaan negeri Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim bagi memberi penjelasan mengenai perkara yang sama.
"Notis pemberitahuan berhubung mesyuarat itu akan dikeluarkan Setiausaha PAC yang juga bertindak sebagai Setiausaha Dewan Undangan Negeri, Abdullah Antong Sabri," katanya.
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