Statements

• PKFZ SCANDAL: FREEZE THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS Scandalous as it is, the significance of PKFZ lies not only in the billions of ringgit of public funds involved, especially at a time when a global financial crisis of unprecedented scale looms over us. The long-term implications of this debacle are equally troubling given the crucial and critical role that should be played by the nation's regulatory agencies – such as the Auditor-General Department, the Attorney-General's Chambers, the Securities Commission. It is partly due to their dismal failure in performing their job that this scandal has exploded in our face.
• (May 8, 2009) SET UP THAT RETRENCHMENT FUND NOW In conjunction with Labour Day, I call upon the Human Resources Ministry to immediately set-up the long-mooted workers’ retrenchment fund. The government should not wait for the next financial and economic crisis to come around before it implements the overdue plan...
• (May 4, 2009) SELCAT SHOULD PROBE PKFZ FIASCO In conjunction with World Press Freedom day, I urge Najib and Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat to disclose the completed audit report which was initiated to investigate the financial mess brought about by the port authority. Najib and Ong must make the audit public without any further delay to uphold peoples’ right to information... I also call upon the Selangor State Assembly’s Select Committee for Competence, Accountability and Transparency (SELCAT) to initiate a probe into former Selangor state government’s role in the land deal...
• (March 10, 2009) MTUC, CAWP SUPPORT STATE'S RECLAMATION OF WATER We, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) and Coalition Against Water Privatisation (CAWP), support the Selangor government's efforts to reclaim the management of water on behalf of the people in the state...