Media statement by Lim Kit Siang in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 31^st July 2010: 

MCA Ministers and leaders should show at least equal concern for "Justice for 27 million Malaysians who are victims of the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal" than "Justice for Ling Liong Sik"

MCA leaders, including Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung, lined up to give support to former MCA President and Transport Minister, Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik after he was charged with cheating the Cabinet in the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.

Without commenting on Ling's case, Malaysians are entitled to expect that MCA Ministers and leaders should show at least equal concern for "Justice for 27 million Malaysians who are victims of the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal" than "Justice for Ling Liong Sik".

What have the MCA national leadership, and in particular the four MCA Ministers, done to ensure justice for the 27 million Malaysians in connection with the PKFZ scandal?

Did the MCA national leadership and the MCA Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha prioritise the interests of the 27 million Malaysians when he overrode the decision of the Port Klang Authority (PKA) and directed it to pay its PKFZ bond obligation of RM222.58 million to Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) special purpose vehicle Free Zone Capital Bhd (FZCB)?

Does the MCA national leadership and the MCA Cabinet Ministerial bloc agree with former MCA President and Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat that it is "a foolhardy move" to "pay according to what has been decided much earlier, according to the schedule that was set a long time ago", ignoring latest developments, new facts and "missing link" in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services report, viz:

• Letters revealing that KDSB had given undertaking or guarantees that it would cover any shortfall in repayments towards the bonds should PKA fails to do so;

• The dubious legal status of "Letters of Support" given by two former MCA Tranport Ministers, Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik and Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy; and

• At least RM1.4 billion in disputed claims for all principal agreements between KDSB and PKA, of which more than RM2 billion payable as scheduled until 2017.

The present MCA national leadership and the MCA Ministerial bloc must prove the former MCA President and Transport Minister wrong in his serious charge that they are party to "sweeping the dirt under the carpet" by being in the very forefront to ensure:

• No stone is left unturned in the full public accounting of the PKFZ scandal, from the controversial PKA purchase of PKFZ land; ballooning of PKFZ costs from RM1.1 billion to RM4.6 billion and snowballing into a RM12.5 billion scandal; and the four illegal "Letters of Support" by two former MCA Transport Ministers.

• Putting utmost pressure for everyone who had a role in the PKFZ scandal, however "big the fish", should be hauled to court to face corruption, abuses of power and criminal breach of trust charges.

• The suspension of PKA payments to KDSB special purpose vehicles in connection with the RM4.6 billion bonds.

*Lim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary Leader & MP for Ipoh Timor