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Narsco debt woes may be

in Kuala Lumpur and won the
case against Narsco’s subsidiary
company Narsco Commodities
Sdn Bhd in 2005.
theSun carried a front page
report on Tuesday revealing how
the Rubber Industry Smallholders
man and director-general, prom-
ised suppliers that all monies owed
by Narsco will be paid as soon as
possible.
Narsco was formerly under
Risda but both entities parted ways
following mounting debts in 2006.

resolved this week

Development Authority (Risda) The debts were blamed on poor
issued undertaking letters dating management and fluctuating rub-
back to 2002 on behalf of Narsco. ber prices by Narsco’s new chair-
The letter, signed by its chair- man Datuk Jamaluddin Tot.

by Tim Leonard propriate settlement with its creditors theSun had on July 15 highlighted
newsdesk@thesundaily.com soonest possible”. how the cooperative, which was set

PETALING JAYA: The Rural and

Regional Development Ministry hopes
all parties linked to the debts incurred
by the National Rubber Smallholders
Cooperative (Narsco) can reach an
amicable solution by this week.
A senior aide of Minister Datuk
Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal told theSun re-
cently that the minister was personally
looking into the problem and hoped
the cooperative “can negotiate an ap-
“The ministry is in the last stages
of negotiations (with Narsco) to solve
the problem and the outcome will be
known (this week). The minister wants
Narsco’s issues to end soon because he
is unhappy with the negative publicity
it has been receiving lately,” he said.
Meanwhile, Shafie, when met at the
GiatMara-JHEOA and Proton training
partnership programme launch on
Thursday, refused to comment on the
Narsco issue.
up to help rubber smallholders in the
country, chalked up debts of more
than RM60 million to suppliers and
business partners.
After paying the bulk of its debts,
Narsco still owes more than RM20
million.
theSun also highlighted the case
of N. Appalanaidu, 55, who almost
became a bankrupt after Narsco failed
to pay for the supply of latex.
He filed a suit with the High Court
DAP Jawi rep hits
back at accuser
DAP Jawi assemblyman Tan
Beng Huat, who was accused of
corruption by the party’s Nibong
Tebal division chief Teh Hock
Yong, hit back with the revela-
tion that Teh is a bankrupt, China
Press reported yesterday.
Tan, who was cleared by
the Malaysian Anti-Corruption
Commission (MACC), told a
press conference in Jawi on
Saturday that
Teh is not qualified to hold
party posts or positions in other
organisations.
Earlier this year, Teh lodged
four MACC reports against Tan
for alleged abuse of power,
misappropriation of allocations
and using the state logo on a
letter to raise RM5,000 for a
Chinese temple, but last month
the MACC found there was no
evidence to implicate Tan.
Last week, Tan demanded an
apology from Teh and initiated
legal action when Teh ignored
his demand.
A check with the Bankruptcy
Database by Tan’s lawyer re-
vealed that the High Court in
Penang had declared Teh a
bankrupt on July 19, 2004 over
a bank loan.
Tan said that as a bankrupt,
Teh is not qualified to hold any
post in the party or any regis-
tered organisation.
“But what surprised me is that
he is still a committee member
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of several organisations, and he
holds two stall licences issued
by the local council,” he said.
He said he has written to the
party central, the party’s state
liaison committee, Chief Minis-
ter Lim Guan Eng, the MACC,
Seberang Perai Municipal
Council, Seberang Perai South
police chief and the Seberang
Perai district officer asking the
relevant parties to look into the
matter.
Meanwhile, Teh said he will
quit all posts in the party and
associations today to show he is
a responsible person.
Contacted by the daily, Teh
pointed out that he only knew
he was declared bankrupt after
checking with the Insolvency
Department.
He said he believed a man
to whom he sold a car in 1997
failed to settle his car loan with
the bank, resulting in his being
declared bankrupt.
He said he will lodge a police
report today to trace the man.
Teh criticised Tan as having a
personal agenda for going public
with the bankruptcy information
instead of first informing him or
the party.

Parents upset over

ill-treatment of
children in school
A GROUP of parents have lodged a police report against
the senior assistant and the disciplinary teacher of a
national secondary school in Bahau, Negri Sembilan,
for allegedly ill-treating their children.
The irate parents called a press conference on
Saturday to express their dissatisfaction and vowed
to take the matter up with the state education depart-
ment, Oriental Daily News reported yesterday.
One of the parents, Lai Jin Hwa, said the duo had
Iran’s been finding fault with his three children who were
Khatami formerly from a Chinese school.
Lai had recently transferred his children to the
denounces national school due to its proximity and because he
trial of wanted them to strengthen their English and Bahasa
protesters Malaysia language skills.
He said apart from uttering abusive words, one of
pg 9 them also spit in front of his children.
Lai said his children were also given stern warnings
for minor mistakes and made to stand under the sun.
Another parent, identified only as Liao, said the
teacher not only frequently scolded his son but also
threatened to expel him.
He said he will take up the matter with the educa-
tion department to get the disciplinary teacher and
senior assistant transferred.
A third parent, Mrs Lu, complained that her son was
caned and told to stop coming to the school for not
tucking in his shirt.
She said she has asked to transfer her son to an-
other school.