Saturday July 31, 2010
DPM: Charge against Ling proves the legal system is fair
KUALA LUMPUR: No one is above the law when it comes to crime and the law should be allowed to take its course, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
However, he urged the public not to prejudge the case of former Transport Minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik who has been charged with cheating the Government in the controversial Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project.
“I was shocked at this development but we must leave it to the authorities and judiciary now,” he said after presenting appreciation prizes to athletes in the recent Asean School Games here yesterday.
“We are all innocent until proven guilty. Let there be no interference by any party,” he said.
He said the charge against Dr Ling proved that the judiciary and legal system was fair and that it did not favour anyone as alleged by the Opposition.
“This is a matter of investigation by the authorities. Once they determine that there is enough evidence, they will have to take action.
“The Opposition can make any statement when events do not favour them. They will say it is unfair,” he said.
Muhyiddin also dismissed a suggestion that a committee be formed to prevent Cabinet members from giving misleading information to the Cabinet.
“There is no need for that. The legal process is there. If there is any misdeed, that is what the courts are for,” he said.
Dr Ling had pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court on Thursday to deceiving the Cabinet over the purchase of land in Pulau Indah for a Mega Distribution Hub project in Port Klang in 2002.
He is the fifth and highest ranking person to be charged over the scandal after former Port Klang Authority general manager Datin Paduka O.C. Phang and three others were accused of criminal breach of trust and cheating by making false claims late last year.
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