Former MCA president is charged in court — Sakmongkol AK47
July 30, 2010
JULY 30 — Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik was charged in court yesterday. It sent shocks through the MCA. MCA must now feel betrayed. After all Dr Ling Liong Sik was one of “us” — “us” being one of those important leaders of the BN in those halcyon days.
Indeed, Dr Ling Liong Sik was de facto prime minister of Malaysia for a few hours when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was party-less after the old Umno was deregistered and a new Umno was being formed. What if Dr Ling Liong Sik said at that time, “go and fly kite”. Saya PM sekarang. You orang keluar BN.
So, personally for Dr Ling Liong Sik, he must have felt betrayed the most.
There was one piece of news, however, that attracted my attention. It is this:
According to the charge sheet, the finance ministry had already valued the land at RM25psf — inclusive of compounded interest — and this fact was withheld from the Cabinet by the accused.
I am not sure how a Cabinet meeting is conducted. Usually in an exco meeting, for example, all papers would be prepared by the secretary to that meeting. For a Dewan Undangan Negeri, by the setiausaha MMK — secretary to the exco, usually a PTD officer. I am thinking the principle must be the same — files and papers prepared by the Cabinet secretary.
That being the case, a copy of the file note containing the valuation price of the land must be in all the files. Unless the file for the PKFZ topic for that day was prepared by Dr Ling Liong Sik alone and that the only information for decision that fateful day, came from Dr Ling Liong Sik alone. That would be highly unusual.
Unusual because at all material time, the finance minister at that time had in his possession all information about the land to be bought by PKFZ. He would make this information available to all Cabinet members at that meeting. Or in preceding meetings. He would have spotted the blatant discrepancy unless he went along with Dr Ling. Other alert meeting members would, too.
All Cabinet members present at that meeting, at that time, would now have to discover that particular document provided by whomever it was then, from his/her own personal files, and produce them in court. So all you SUSK — prepare to look for the file of that meeting for your minister.
This means everyone at that meeting on the day Dr Ling Liong Sik presented his notes would have to appear before court to testify. Now, everyone will stab Dr Ling Liong Sik.
If the only paper informing the value of the land came from Dr Ling Liong Sik, then everyone was deceived. Or everyone agreed in unison with the facts presented by Dr Ling Liong Sik. It would be interesting also to know whether the minister of finance then, who had the real information, went along with Dr Ling. Or did he object?
If the entire Cabinet agreed with Dr Ling despite having the real facts, then the entire Cabinet is vicariously liable.
Dr Ling Liong Sik is now feeling most betrayed. Or there is no honour among thieving friends. — sakmongkol.blogspot.com
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