Sunday November 8, 2009
Low back as TI-M president
By SHAUN HO
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Paul Low, who resigned as Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) president in October amid the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) controversy, was re-elected to the post at an extraordinary general meeting on Saturday.
Low resigned “in light of differing interpretations and views garnered” among TI-M’s executive committee members following Low’s release of the Global Corruption Report 2009.
There was also the accusation of conflict of interest as Low was the chairman of the Port Klang Authority ad hoc Committee on Administration and Corporate Governance – a committee set up to probe the administrative practices and corporate governance of PKFZ.
On Oct 13, acting TI-M president Datuk Mohamed Iqbal said the EGM would elect new office-bearers and resolve its leadership crisis.
After the EGM, Low said members were briefed on the events leading up to his resignation and the suit filed against him by Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd, the turnkey developer of the PKFZ project.
The EGM was attended by 50 members who unanimously voted for Low.
Also elected to the executive committee were Universiti Malaya geology lecturer Prof Datuk Mohamed Ali Hasan as deputy president, Ngooi Chui Ing as secretary-general, Richard Wong as treasurer and six others.
The EGM also adopted three resolutions in relation to the Global Corruption Report.
There are:
> FOR TI-M to endorse and support the Global Corruption Report that cited the Port Klang Free Zone controversy as the biggest scandal of the year;
> GIVING strong backing to the words and actions of the president relating to the report and to pledge full financial and other support for the society, including any claims, suits and proceedings arising from the report; and
> AUTHORISING the start of a legal defence fund.
Ngooi said that the members gave Low a fresh mandate because he had acted honourably by resigning.
Low, who is still chairman of the Port Klang Authority ad hoc committee, said there was no conflict of interest as he was not involved in any investigative procedures.
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