Media Conference
at DAP Perak Headquarters in Ipoh
Failure
to answer Questions in Perak State Assembly: Zambry misleads the people. He
owes an apology to the people and the Governments of Penang and Selangor.
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Since the grab
of power by BN on 6/2/2009 led by PM Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak and BN MB Dato’
Seri Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir, Perak Assembly has never functioned properly.
Amongst the things the BN Government did was to reject or refuse to answer
questions that implicate the Government of corruption, cronyism and abuse of
power. Parliament and State Assemblies exist for this very purpose that is, to check on the Government of its abuses.
In the Malaysian
Parliament, questions that require oral answers that are not answered during
the Parliamentary sittings will be given written answers. Pakatan Rakyat
elected representatives in Perak have asked that the same be followed in the
Perak State Assembly but the BN Government has refused to do so. Perak BN
Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir has given the excuse 2 days
ago that the Pakatan Rakyat State Governments of Penang and Perak also did not
do so. I have checked with the Chief Minister of Penang, YAB Lim Guan Eng and
the Speaker of Selangor State Assembly, Mdm Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan and they
have confirmed that all oral questions that could not be answered in the State
Assembly sittings will be subsequently given written answers. Dato’ Seri Zambry
owe an apology to the people and the State Governments of Penang and Selangor
for misleading the people and defaming the State Governments of Penang and
Selangor. Will Dato’ Seri Zambry be honourable enough to tender the apology?
As illustrations
on the ridiculous conduct of the Perak BN Government in the State Assembly, I append below the
questions that were rejected by the BN Government to enable for the people to
assess whether Perak State Assembly is functioning or its meetings are just a
farce.
In the 2nd
meeting 4th Session of the 12th
Perak State Assembly which sat from 15th August 2011, my following 3
questions which require written answers were rejected.
Soalan-soalan
yang memerlukan Jawapan bertulis
1) Bertanya kepada
YAB Menteri Besar
untuk senaraikan 200,000 hakmilik tanah baru seperti yang diumumkan oleh
Menteri Besar dan dilapurkan dalam Star Metro pada 30hb Jun 2011. Berikan nama
penerima-penerima hakmilik-hakmilik tersebut yang merupakan pemberimilikan
tanah baru (new land alienation).
2) Bertanya kepada
YAB Menteri Besar
untuk senaraikan nama mereka yang telah diluluskan tanah yang sekarang
diusahakan oleh lebih kurang 100 petani di Tronoh Mines di Tapah dan kenapa
tanah-tanah ini diluluskan kepada mereka yang tidak ada kaitan dengan tanah ini
dan bukan kepada petani-petani yang sedia ada di situ.
3) Bertanya kepada
YAB Menteri Besar
berapa kalikah kadar premium bagi lot-lot perumahan Kampung Tersusun dan
Kampung Baru bertukar dari 6/2/2009 hingga ke hari ini (27/2/2011). Nyatakan
kadar premium untuk lot-lot perumahan bagi Kampung Tersusun dan Kampung Baru
dalam tempoh tersebut.
The first
question was rejected on the ground that a question cannot be asked as to the
truth of a newspaper report. The second question was rejected on the ground
that it is with regard to a secret. The third question was rejected on the
ground that the answer can be obtained from a normal reference book. Anyone
reading the reasons giving will see how ridiculous they are.
At the 3rd
meeting, 5th Session of the
12th Perak Assembly which sat from 17/12/2012, all my 3 questions
requiring oral answers and 3 out of my 5 questions requiring written answers
were rejected. (Each Assemblyman/woman is allowed to ask the maximum of 3
questions requiring oral answers and 5 questions requiring written answers).
Soalan-soalan
yang memerlukan jawapan lisan
1. Bertanya kepada
YAB Menteri Besar
untuk menyatakan syarat-syarat dan terma-terma tanah 6 ekar tanah ( tapak
bangunan pejabat dan stor Majlis Perbandaran Manjung di Pekan Sitiawan sebelah
Crystal Hotel ) diluluskan kepada Kinta Berkat Sdn Bhd untuk dimajukan bagi
Majilis Perbandaran Manjung.
2. Bertanya kepada
YAB Menteri Besar
untuk menyatakan syarat-syarat dan terma-terma keluluskan pemberimilikan tanah
seluas 15.0 ekar di Mukim Lumut, Daerah Manjung yang diluluskan kepada Reality
Axis Sdn Bhd.
3. Bertanya kepada
YAB Menteri Besar untuk menyatakan syarat-syarat dan terma-terma keluluskan
pemberimilikan sebahagian Lot 6593 seluas 32.07 ekar tanah di Mukim Kamunting,
Daerah Larut Matang dan Selama kepada YBU Holding Sdn Bhd.
Soalan-soalan
yang memerlukan jawapan bertulis
- Bertanya
kepada YAB Menteri Besar untuk menyatakan syarat-syarat dan
terma-terma tanah seluas 147.84 ekar di Mukim Lumut, Daerah Manjung yang
diluluskan kepada Kinta Berkat Sdn Bhd untuk dimajukan bagi Majlis
Perbandaran Manjung.
- Bertanya
kepada YAB Menteri Besar untuk menyatakan syarat-syarat dan
terma-terma keluluskan pemberimilikan tanah seluas 58 ekar di Bandar
Lumut, Daerah Manjung yang diluluskan kepada J & S Holidings Sdn Bhd.
- Bertanya
kepada YAB Menteri Besar untuk menyatakan butir-butir tanah
yang diluluskan kepada Toyo Chemicals Sdn Bhd, syarat-syarat dan
terma-terma tanah tersebut diluluskan pemberimilikan kepada syarikat
tersebut.
All the 6
questions were rejected on the ridiculous ground that the answers can be
obtained from normal reference books. I have offered publicly to pay
RM10,000-00 for such a reference book which has answers to the above said
questions but no one has come forward with such a book. I challenge Dato’ Seri
Zambry to find me such a book failing which he should reply the above said
questions. He is making a joke of himself.
I believe the
people are very interested to the answers to the above said questions as it
involved tens of thousand acres of state land worth billions of ringgit. People
would like to know if they are given to
cronies at the expense of the people of Perak.
Question 3 above
asked at the 2nd meeting of the 4th Session of the 12th
State Assembly is also very relevant to the people as confusing answers had
been given in the media by the BN Perak State Government.
The same
happened to the many questions posed by the PR Perak State elected
representatives where many of the questions are rejected without a valid reason
except that it will expose the abuses and scandals of BN Perak Government.
I call on Dato’
Seri Zambry to apologise to the people and the State Governments of Penang and Selangor. I also call on him to
agree to answer all questions raised by Perak elected representatives at the
Perak State Assembly.
Dated this 16th day of August 2013.
NGEH KOO HAM
DAP Perak
Chairman
MP For Beruas
&
State
Assemblyman for Sitiawan