DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has promised the establishment of
a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into the Port Klang Free Zone
(PKFZ) scandal should Pakatan Rakyat come to power.
Lim, an ardent campaigner for disclosure over the PKFZ scandal announced at a book launch in Petaling
Jaya this morning, "...
if Pakatan Rakyat makes it to Putrajaya in the next general election,
expected any time now, a RCI will be set up to get to the bottom of the
RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal."
Lim said, "The Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has thus far shown no commitment to pursuing this. This is evident from the premier's silence on the 'super task force' announced in September 2009 and headed by Mohd Sidek Hassan, the chief secretary to the government, to look into the scandal."
The book, jointly launched by Lim and former transport minister Ong Tee Keat, is entitled ‘PKFZ: A Nation's Trust Betrayed’. It was written by former journalist Lee Siew Lian and former Subang Jaya state assemblyperson Lee Hwa Beng.
Lee said he wrote the book to convey the message that "silence is no option" when one faces injustice and expressed regret that Malaysian culture often allows those who remain silent when a scandal breaks out in their organisation to continue their service or even be promoted after the head is removed. Lee is also disturbed because politicians involved in any scandal were still being voted in by the public and appointed as directors by companies.
Lee received a round of applause from
some 100 people who attended the book launch when he said, "If
I don't tell the truth to Malaysians, I'll be burdened for life. By
telling the truth, I'm released." and another round of applause when he said, "My daughter asked me whether I'm scared (because I’ve written the
book). I said I am but as a Christian, with God behind me, I fear
nobody."
Lim, an ardent campaigner for disclosure over the PKFZ scandal announced at a book launch in Petaling
Jaya this morning, "...
if Pakatan Rakyat makes it to Putrajaya in the next general election,
expected any time now, a RCI will be set up to get to the bottom of the
RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal." Lim said, "The Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has thus far shown no commitment to pursuing this. This is evident from the premier's silence on the 'super task force' announced in September 2009 and headed by Mohd Sidek Hassan, the chief secretary to the government, to look into the scandal."
The book, jointly launched by Lim and former transport minister Ong Tee Keat, is entitled ‘PKFZ: A Nation's Trust Betrayed’. It was written by former journalist Lee Siew Lian and former Subang Jaya state assemblyperson Lee Hwa Beng.
Lee said he wrote the book to convey the message that "silence is no option" when one faces injustice and expressed regret that Malaysian culture often allows those who remain silent when a scandal breaks out in their organisation to continue their service or even be promoted after the head is removed. Lee is also disturbed because politicians involved in any scandal were still being voted in by the public and appointed as directors by companies.
Lee received a round of applause from
some 100 people who attended the book launch when he said, "If
I don't tell the truth to Malaysians, I'll be burdened for life. By
telling the truth, I'm released." and another round of applause when he said, "My daughter asked me whether I'm scared (because I’ve written the
book). I said I am but as a Christian, with God behind me, I fear
nobody."
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