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Thesun 2009-07-09 Page05 Ex-Pka Director Sues Nine For rm11m
Thesun 2009-07-09 Page05 Ex-Pka Director Sues Nine For rm11m
Thesun 2009-07-09 Page05 Ex-Pka Director Sues Nine For rm11m
YPIX
ORIENTALDAIL
Ex-PKA director
sues nine for RM11m
FORMER Port Klang Authority a series of conflicts of interest the PKA board.
(PKA) director and Pulau Lumut involving prominent figures includ- “I was the one at the board
Development Co-operative (KPPL) ing Abdul Rahman, who was on meeting asking why PKA wanted
chairman Datuk Abdul Rahman the boards of both the KPPL and to acquire the land when it had
Palil who was implicated in an PKA in 2002, when land for the already received a development
audit report on the Port Klang Free PKFZ was sold to the two bodies. order,” he said, adding that the
Trade Zone (PKFZ) prepared by Other politicians mentioned land was to be acquired for pub-
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in the report are Deputy Finance lic amenities such as roads and
has instituted legal action against Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung, schools.
nine parties, seeking a total RM11 who is a former PKA chairman, Meanwhile, Mentri Besar Tan
million in damages. Backbenchers Club president Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said
Speaking to the media on the Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, who there had not been any proof of
sidelines of the state assembly was the CEO of the project’s turn- irregularities in the Port Klang
sitting, the Sementa assembly- key contractor Kuala Dimensi Sdn Free Zone (PKFZ) project, Bernama
man said his lawyers Kamarul Bhd (KDSB), and Federal Territory reports.