Thursday November 5, 2009
Government officials among those quizzed in PKFZ controversy
KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has hauled up politicians, businessmen and senior government officials when it probed into the PKFZ financial controversy.
The 14-member committee is headed by Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid and his deputy is Dr Tan Seng Giaw.
The meetings went on for four months from June to September.
Interviews by the PAC revealed details that shocked the public.
For instance, the PAC said payments worth millions of ringgit were made to the main turnkey project contractor of PKFZ without the prior approval and knowledge of the Port Klang Authority’s (PKA) board.
On another occasion, the PAC was taken aback by the poor management skills in the PKFZ when former general manager Datin Paduka O.C. Phang admitted that she did not know ‘’what cash flow projection’’ meant.
Azmi once remarked that the PKFZ, based on its general findings, showed that the the massive national project was carried out by incompetent people.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and his two predecessors, Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy and Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik, were among those interviewed by PAC.
Others included Phang, PKFZ turnkey contractor Kuala Dimensi’s chief operating officer Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing and his deputy Datuk Faisal Abdullah.
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