UP TO THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has left it to the government to decide on the action to be taken against all those involved, including the big names, in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.

Its chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said this included action to be taken against former transport minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy and former general manager of the Port Klang Authority (PKA) Datin Paduka O.C.Phang who both could be liable for criminal breach of trust.

He said the government had on June 27, 2007 decided that all the officials involved in going against the stipulated procedures, causing the government to be dragged into a scandal, would be severely dealt with.

"The decision had been made by the government and what the PAC wants now is for the authorities to act," he told reporters at the parliament lobby Wednesday.

This morning, the PAC handed out its report on the PKFZ scandal following the cost of the mega project escalating to RM4.947 billion so far from RM1.957 previously.

In its report, the PAC recommended, among other things, that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and police investigate Chan and Phang's involvement in criminal breach of trust with regard to the issuance of letters of support and letters of undertaking over the project.

Azmi said the PAC did not have the executive power to determine the kind of action to be taken against those guilty of wrongdoings, but only to study and make suggestions over irregularities involving public funds.

"But based on the report, the PAC wants immediate action be taken against the personalities involved in the PKFZ scandal."

He said the PAC was confident Malaysia had enough laws to determine the kind of action to be taken against the guilty parties after thorough investigation by the relevant authorities.

"We don't know whether it's corruption because it needs to be proven. But there is a lot of wrongdoings here, so which category of crime they fall into, we don't know...it is up to the authorities concerned to determine," he added.

BERHIJRAH ITU MEMBAWA KEBAIKAN

Seperti kata Nabi Muhammad s.a.w berhijrahlah jika ia boleh membawa kebaikan. Pada usia yang semakin lanjut ini, saya sudah malas tukar kerja tetapi bila boss di ofis lama menghubungi bekas adik iparnya suruh cari orang untuk gantikan saya, maka saya tidak ada pilihan lain untuk meletakkan jawatan.

Kebetulan bekas adik iparnya kenali saya. Dia tanya saya kenapa boss nak gantikan saya. Saya jawab manalah saya tahu. Oleh itu biarlah dia cari orang lain. Saya boleh pergi sendiri tanpa menunggu dia bawa orang baru untuk gantikan saya.

Allah itu maha kaya. Saya diberitahu oleh Anita pada petang Khamis. Pada petang Jumaat rakan lama hubungi saya untuk menawarkan kerja di ofisnya di Putrajaya. Saya tidak dapat menolak tawaran itu kerana dia berikan saya kereta dan rumah. Maka semalam secara rasmi saya meninggalkan ofis lama.

Pada jam 9 pagi semalam saya masuk ofis lama dan tunggu boss. Tapi dia tak masuk ofis. Oleh kerana staf lain tak datang, maka saya terpaksa pergi dan meninggalkan surat letak jawatan di pintu ofis dan kunci ofis. Maka saya bergegas ke Putrajaya untuk melaporkan diri. Saya masih menunggu gaji Oktober yang belum dibayar lagi. Entahlah bila saya akan dapat gaji itu.

Saya sempat empat bulan bekerja di ofis lama. Saya seronok bekerja di situ tetapi oleh kerana boss tak suka saya, maka saya terpaksa tinggalkan ofis lama. Sedangkan saya banyak perancangan untuk tarik iklan ke majalah tersebut. Tak sempat saya laksanakan semuanya itu.

Saya bahagia di ofis baru. Biarlah saya berjuang di tempat baru pula. Tak tahu pula berapa lama saya di sini. Semakin hari kita semakin tua. Paling lama pun saya akan kerja selama lima tahun lagi. Lepas itu genap 55 tahun berehatlah saya sehinggalah kita dijemput Allah.