Former Transport Minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy claimed trial to three counts of cheating over the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal. Chan is the second VVIP to be charged over the scandal-ridden project after his predecessor Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik was charged on July 29, 2010 with cheating over the same project.
On the first count under Section 417 of the Penal Code, Chan is charged with deceiving then Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at his office here between Feb 24 and 25 in 2004 into agreeing to approve Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd as the turnkey developer of the Transshipment Hub project at the Pulau Indah Free Zone at an estimated cost of RM1bil.
He is said to have dishonestly concealed the fact that the development cost would be financed through Kuala Dimensi’s issuance of bonds through Transshipment Megahub Bhd, with the support of the government and the Transport Ministry.
On the second count, he is charged with cheating Abdullah, also at the Prime Minister’s office here between Oct 11 and 28, in 2005 by deceiving the latter into approving Kuala Dimensi as the turnkey developer to carry out additional development works at PKFZ.
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MCA is full of self-serving con men politicians disguised as leaders who serve the community.
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