September 9, 2011
www.themalaysiainsider.com
Al Ghazali-Hadhari Man is not Mr. Clean, After All
Malaysian Procurement System riddled with Corruption, says US cable
The decrepit as well as allegedly corrupt side of Malaysias counterclaim buying has been laid unclothed in a US embassy cable, with startling revelations upon how UMNO politicians, agents, polite servants as well as troops officials receive thirty per cent elect upon deals.
In a note upon a ambiguous buying complement here revealed by whistleblower site WikiLeaks, a US embassy remarkable which American companies operating here had three main complaints about a system: a miss of transparency, outright corruption, as well as Bumiputera requirements.
The undated wire sent during a Abdullah administration in between 2004 as well as 2009 additionally remarkable which many government tenders do not follow buying rules.
A US aerospace senior physical education instructor told a US embassy here counterclaim deals were finished through shadowy agreements with no tendering process. For example, a then-Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawis sister-in-law organised a US$400 million (RM1.2 billion) stipulate to buy troops cargo aircraft from Airbus.The understanding was voiced following Abdullahs return from a trip to France.
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The US senior physical education instructor asserted which PM Abdullahs hermit told him this understanding was finished for! domesti c as well as other reasons, such as commission, remarkable a US embassy wire done open through WikiLeaks.
Similar scena! rios wer e described for a buying of T91 Polish tanks as well as SU-30 Russian aircraft, remarkable a executive, who additionally pronounced which once someone purporting to work for then-Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak approached him about a understanding as well as suggested you will get a part of it.
The US embassy remarkable which Malaysian domestic parties together with UMNO rely upon income politics for much of their operating funds. Projects or tenders mostly are awarded as domestic patronage with a cut of supports present behind to a celebration through opposite channels, remarkable a embassy.
These revelations come at a time when there has been a little inspection surrounding a understanding to buy Scorpene submarine. More than RM500 million was allegedly paid to a local consulting association Perimekar as well as a opposition has forked fingers at Najib who was a counterclaim minister when a understanding was inked.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) politicians have additionally questioned a inflated costs of several new counterclaim deals voiced by stream Defence Minister Datuk Zahid Hamidi.
The US embassy remarkable which miss of clarity was additionally evident when it came to awarding contracts in a information communication technology (ICT) sector. A physical education instructor at a US ICT organisation forked out which it was shortlisted for a proposal with Telekom Malaysia Bhd though mislaid to another association which did not even bid for a contract.
Though a wire was sent during a Abdullah administration, there is little justification which a buying compl! ement ha s improved. Anecdotal justification suggests which lip use is paid to open proposal complement with a elite preference being approach negotiation.
This trend is generally true for vast contracts as well as concessions where politically-connected companies are involved.
!T he Malaysian Insider reported yesterday which a consortium led by 1MDB as well as Puncak Niaga have been given a greenlight by a government to buy IWK for RM1. The consortium will assume a debts of RM1.5 billion though will acquire a benefaction for 60 years.
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