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Thursday May 31, 2012

Firm caught smuggling sand

Report by ELAN PERUMAL and STUART MICHAEL


PETALING JAYA: A private company engaged by the operator of the Tanjung Agas Gas and Oil Logistic Park in Pahang is being investigated for smuggling sand into Singapore.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has started investigating the company which was contracted to carry out sand reclamation and dredging work in and along Sungai Pahang to complement the infrastructural development of the park.

The MACC is also investigating the land office in charge of the area, according to a senior officer.

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Left idle: These lorries at the Tanjung Agas Oil and Gas Logistic Industrial Park in Pahang have not moved for years.
Sand drop: Mounds of sand waiting to be transported after being dredged up by the private company at Sungai Kuantan near Tanjung Agas.

“We have opened a file on the case and our investigation will include looking at the possible transactions between some people at the land office and the contractor,” he added.

*Full story in The Star today

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