Police report lodged over inaction on Adorna land fraud case

No Adorna probe

Source: http://thestar.com.my/news

THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has never conducted investigations into the Adorna Properties Sdn Bhd vs Boonsom Boonyanit case which took place nine years ago, Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz said.

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department told Lim Lip Eng (DAP — Segambut) in a written reply the criminal case did not come under the jurisdiction of the Anti-Corruption Agency then.

My question in Parliament on 17/3/2010:

Lim Lip Eng asks the Prime Minister to state why no arrest is yet to be made by the POLICE or COURT ACTION taken on all parties including the lawyers & staffs of Land & Mines Department who are involved in cheating & falsifying of documents in the land ownership transfer which became a court acse 9 years ago involving Adorna Properties Sdn Bhd –vs- Boosom Boonyanit.

DBKL transfers 14 senior officers

Source: http://thestar.com.my/metro (By BAVANI M and JAYAGANDHI JAYARAJ, 18/3/2010)

FEDERAL Territories and Urban WellBeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin has urged certain parties not to politicise the tranfer of several senior officers from the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). “It is a normal practice to have this cross over sessions as a means to share knowledge and expertise. “We don’t want DBKL to be a closed-up organisation with no information on what goes on outside,” Nong Chik said. The minister added that he wanted DBKL officers transferred out to look at it as a learning experience.

On the point highlighted by Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng that the transfers were due to corruption and incompetence and that the officers should be investigated by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC), Nong Chik said it was untrue. “If they are guilty, we will take action against them and not transfer them. That will be absurd,” he said.

On Monday, 14 senior civil servants, including two heads of departments from DBKL were transferred to various ministries and government-linked companies under a programme called “cross fertilisation.” This is an exchange programme between employees from the Government and government-linked companies (GLCs) to make them more professional and efficient. A source from the DBKL said those who had received their letters of transfer were DBKL Health Department director Dr Zainol Ariffin Pawanchee and Zainol Ahmad from the Administration Department. The transfer also involved other senior officers from various departments who would be moved to various ministries such as the Federal Territories and Urban WellBeing Ministry, Labuan Corporation and other GLCs. “The programme was launched last year by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and is aimed at providing an insight and exposure, said the source. “The idea is to develop high performance leaders with a strong understanding of government practices as well as expedite transfer of knowledge and expertise,” he said. DBKL is the first local authority involved in the programme and according to the source, other local governments will soon follow suit. Ideally officers are exchanged over a period of two years.

When contacted, Dr Zainol confirmed the transfer and said he viewed it as a positive move. “My area of jurisdiction will be bigger and I will also be in charge of Putrajaya,’’ he said, adding that he would be the deputy director of the FT Health Department.

MACC ready to probe PI Bala

Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/126735# (16/3/2010)

The Malaysia Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) reiterated today that it is prepared to meet private eye P Balasubramaniam wherever and whenever he is comfortable to be interviewed.

In a written reply to Segambut DAP MP Lim Lip Eng, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz said that MACC's investigation on Balasubramaniam is still going on. Balasubramaniam (left) had claimed in an interview posted on Youtube last year that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's younger brother Nazim had offered him RM5 million to retract a statutory declaration linking the premier to slain Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu.
The private investigator had then fled the country with his family on July 5, 2008, after making the retraction and a second declaration that contradicted the contents of the first.
Lim asked whether MACC is willing to travel up to England to record Balasubramaniam's statement with the presence of the latter lawyer. "MACC will record Balasubramaniam's statement in any location he prefers," stated Mohd Nazri.

To Meet KL mayor on 18/3/2010