Senior PKA officer under probe for corruption

Port Klang Authority (PKA), a statutory body governing Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), has launched an review opposite a comparison military military military military military military officer for alleged misconduct as well as corruption.

Depending upon a outcome, it will confirm whether to impute a case to a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC).

PKA chairperson Teh Kim Poo pronounced today which a PKA house had met last Friday as well as destined a disciplinary sub-committee to examine a comparison military military military military military military officer for allegedly receiving bribes as well as tarnishing a picture of PKFZ.

"The house takes a serious perspective of fake allegations which have shop-worn a good intention to cut costs as well as to use a PKFZ loan," Teh told Malaysiakini.

Early this month, multiform media organisations received an unknown email accusing Teh of carrying breached a proposal procedures in granting landscaping as well as housekeeping work to dual unqualified companies.

However, he has vehemently denied a allegations as well as claimed which this was a work of a disgruntled comparison PKFZ military military military military military military officer whose cronies had lost their business after a tenders were since to a companies.

Teh, a MCA politician who took over a chair of PKA in April, additionally indicted a comparison military military military military military military officer of making at slightest RM18,000 in "under-the-table money" each month from his cronies, over a past 5 years.

'Officer sent out poison coop letters'

He additionally revealed which a comparison military military military military military military officer had resorted to promulgation out poison coop letters in Mar last year, when a company r! ecommend ed by a military military military military military military officer was not since a contract. This case will additionally be investigate! d by a disciplinary sub-committee.

Asked because PKA has not lodged a report with MACC, Teh explained which a house will wait for for for a commentary of a internal review before deciding whether to impute a case to a anti-graft agency.

However, he expects a MACC to approach PKA soon, as a comparison military military military military military military officer has raised a claim of crime opposite him (Teh) with a MACC.

"It was created in an (anonymous) email which MACC has been notified. We will wait for for for it to come as well as give a full team-work to find out who is unequivocally concerned in corruption," Teh said.

"Definitely, it will not be a chairperson, who has right from day a single been finding assorted ways to bring down operational costs as well as increase a PKFZ income."

PKFZ made headlines in 2007 over reports which a cost could balloon to RM7.5 billion, as well as in a future to RM12.5 billion.

An review in to a liaison was launched when then MCA boss Ong Tee Keat took over a Transport Ministry in 2008.

Charges have since being brought opposite multiform key personalities, together with former PKFZ ubiquitous managers as well as dual former ride ministers. The trials are still starting on.

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