Bernama
IPOH, MON:
Two Perak state executive councillors (excos) today filed a RM100 million suit against the Anti-Corruption Agency and three others over their arrest in connection with a corruption investigation concerning a RM180 million housing project in Seri Iskandar near here.
Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, 57, and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, 52, filed the suit through the law firm of Asri-Chek Ming & Co. at the High Court registrar’s office here at 9am and named the agency, ACA director-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan, Perak ACA director Samsiah Abu Bakar and Star Publications (M) Berhad as the defendants.
They are demanding RM100 million in general damages from the ACA, Ahmad Said and Samsiah who are the first, second and third defendants respectively for wrongful arrest, wrongful detention, prosecuting with an ulterior motive, misfeasance and libel apart from aggravated damages, exemplary damages, costs and other relief deemed fit by the court.
In the writ of summons, Jamaluddin, who is the second plaintiff, claimed that the three defendants without reasonable grounds had arrested and detained him when he was asked to give a statement at the Perak ACA office here.
By NG SU-ANN and ANN TAN
The Star
GEORGE TOWN: The state government will continue to expose land scams despite a death threat sent to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his political secretary Ng Wei Aik.
Lim said they would not be cowed by such threats.
“We will continue to korek, korek, korek (dig into) any land scam issue because we insist the people have the right to know the truth,” he told a noon press conference on Monday.
Ng lodged a police report at the Petani Road police station at 9.13am Monday after receiving a letter containing a death threat written in Chinese and in red ink.
The letter, which was sent to the Chief Minister’s Komtar office and addressed to Lim and Ng, had threatened that they would not be alive after the “Hungry Ghost Festival.”
The letter, sent last Thursday, read: “You are both mad dogs, smelly dogs who are barking incessantly. Do you know how the word ‘death’ is written?
“God is seeing everything you are doing. Both of you will definitely get what you deserve, especially Wei Aik, because too many people want to finish you off. Perhaps, you won’t be alive anymore after the Hungry Ghost Festival.”
The writer signed off as a Penangite.
By Tim Leonard
The Sun
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24, 2008) : One of the country’s prominent icons for transparency, Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim, who joined the DAP on Saturday and was today appointed one of its national vice-chairmen said his move to join the ‘rocket’ was not for monetary reasons but purely because he shared the same values and ideals as the party.
“There is no money…,” said Tunku Aziz at a press conference attended by DAP stalwarts during the party’s 15th Triennial National Congress at a hotel here, today.
“If anyone thinks I have been bought, then they have to think again,” he said.
“I have been targeting DAP without their knowledge for the last 20 years.
“A lot of people might be thinking why I joined DAP…but the reason is simple. While other parties talk about democracy, justice and equality…DAP not only espouses these values but try much harder than the rest (to practice these values),” he said.
“I am very pleased to say that I have made up my mind. The decision (to join DAP) was taken a long time ago but the signing of the form was yesterday ,” he added.
Asked why he chose to join DAP only now and not earlier, the former Transparency International-Malaysia president and member of the Royal Commission on the police force in 2004 said:
“Yesterday (Saturday) was as good as any other day”.
Tunku Aziz said his decision was also based on the fact that there was no future for race based political party or system in the country and there is a need for Bangsa Malaysia.
“After 50 years (of independence), we’ve got to decide what kind of Malaysia we want. Do we want a fractured Malaysia?” he asked.
“People must have a stake in this country,” he said.
Questioned by reporters why he chose DAP instead of other opposition parties such as Parti Keadilan, Tunku Aziz said:
“Let’s put it this way. I am much more comfortable (with DAP)… I trust people around me…”
Tunku Aziz, when asked if he shared the same take as DAP on nominating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as leader of Pakatan Rakyat if the Opposition topples the Government despite being critical of Anwar in the past, said:
“I have always been an independent person with independent view…based on my principles.”
Meanwhile, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said it was an honour to have Tunku Aziz join the party.
“This is the first time Tunku is involved in a political party and it is indeed a great honour to have him in our team,” said Lim.
“This is in line with our objective to be a multi-racial party,” he added.
Tunku Aziz formerly held senior management positions in large private and public sector organisations in Malaysia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
He began his business career with Guthrie Corporation Ltd and later became the advisor of Bank Negara. Later he returned to the private sector by joining Dunlop Malaysian Industries before being appointed a Sime Darby Group director.
He left Malaysia in 1985 to take up a directorship at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London before returning to Malaysia in 1992 following his retirement.
Tunku Abdul Aziz, a former vice chairman of Transparency International and founder President of the Kuala Lumpur Society for Transparency and Integrity has joined the Democratic Action Party (DAP) yesterday. Today he is co-opted to the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) of which there are 20 elected members and 10 co-opted members.
The elected CEC members are:
- Lim Kit Siang
- Lim Guan Eng
- Tan Kok Wai
- Fong Kui Lun
- M Kulasegaran
- Teresa Kok
- Tan Seng Giaw
- Chong Chieng Jen
- Karpal Singh
- Ngeh Koo Ham
- Anthony Loke Siew Fook
- Ahmad Ton
- Tony Pua Kiam Wee
- Chong Eng
- Teng Chang Khim
- Nga Kor Ming
- Chow Kon Yeow
- P Ramasamy
- Boo Cheng Hau
- Gobind Singh Deo
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