Thursday November 5, 2009
No cover-up in investigation, says PM
KUALA LUMPUR: There will be no cover-up in the probe into the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
The Prime Minister added that the Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan, chaired a special task force committee meeting yesterday to study the recommendations made by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Najib was commenting on the latest report released by the PAC in Parliament yesterday of the findings on the PKFZ issue.
“The committee will raise its recommendations to the Government, which we will consider.
“There will be no cover-up of the weaknesses or wrong-doings pointed out in the PKFZ probe report,” he told reporters after launching the small- and medium-scale industries council at Parliament House yesterday.
In the report, the PAC recommended that former transport minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy and former Port Klang Authority general manager Datin Paduka OC Phang be investigated by the relevant authorities for criminal breach of trust.
Meanwhile, DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang has demanded that Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail resign for his failure to take action against Chan.
He also called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to further investigate the findings of the PAC and investigate why the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Attorney-General and other key institutions had failed to uphold the law.
Speaking to newsmen at a press conference in the Parliament lobby, Lim said urgent action must be taken by the Cabinet and there must be a debate in Parliament on the report.
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