6 December, 2009
Soalan : Tuan Charles Santiago [Klang] minta Menteri Dalam Negeri menyatakan adakah kandungan memorandum jemaah menteri (KK/BPKA/D5(4)/540/1/1) mengenai PKFZ yang diterbitkan di laman web Malaysia Today betul atau salah dan apakah tindakan susulan daripada kerajaan
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5 December, 2009
Soalan : YB Tuan Charles Santiago [Klang] minta Perdana Menteri menyatakan bila kerajaan akan mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap mantan Menteri Pengangkutan yang mengeluarkan 4 surat sokongan (Mei 2003, April 2004, Disember 2005, Mei 2006) yang ada unsur-unsur jaminan kerajaan dalam skandal PKFZ
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3 December, 2009
Source : Malaysiakini
| S Pathmawathy | Dec 2, 09 6:56pm |
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The Home Ministry today revealed that the government has lodged a police report on leaked cabinet documents on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project which posted in popular blog. In a written answer to Klang parliamentarian Charles Santiago, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that a police report was lodged by the finance ministry on Sept 16.
“The government will not hesitate to take stern action against any party who leak official government secrets based. Santiago asked for clarification of the cabinet’s memo on PKFZ which was published on fugitive blogger Raja Petra’s blog Malaysia Today. He also wanted to know if the posting of the contents breached the law and what follow up action was taken by the government. “A thorough criminal investigation is being being undertaken by the police to determine the source of the leaked document, whether it was a technical glitch, human error or done bya culprit. “The government has also appointed a special task force led by the chief secretary to look into the Auditor-General’s report on the PKFZ,” said Hishammuddin. The leaked documents made its way to Malaysia Today several months back before the Auditor-General’s and the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) reports were made public. The PAC recommended that former Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy and former PKFZ general manager OC Phang be probed by the anti-graft officials for criminal breach of trust. |
2 December, 2009
Source : Malaysian Insider
By Shazwan Mustafa KamalKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — The government lodged a police report recently about leaked Cabinet documents on the on-going Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.
In a written reply to Klang MP Charles Santiago, the home affairs minister stated that the police report was made by the Finance Ministry on Sept 16, 2009, and that the case was still being investigated by the police.
The case has been classified under section 8 of the Official Secrets Act (OSA) where a person can be charged with divulging official government secrets in a wrong manner.
“The government will not hesitate to take strict action against any party which leaks out official government secrets either through government agencies or other means, based on the legal provisions at hand.”
A thorough criminal investigation is under way to determine the source of the leaked document, whether it was a techical glitch, carelessness or a “hidden culprit.”
In lodging a police report, the government is conceding the fact frequently stated by Pakatan Rakyat that the leaked documents are indeed official Cabinet papers on the PKFZ issue.
The government has also announced that it has appointed a special task force led by its Chief Secretary to look into the Auditor-General’s report on the PKFZ.
The leaked Cabinet documents originally surfaced on the online web portal Malaysia Today some months back.
The contents are said to suggest that the Cabinet had been aware of the financial losses faced by PKFZ for some time, and no follow-up action had been taken to remedy the situation.
9 November, 2009
Source : TV Selangor
Laporan Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Awam Negara berkenaan skandal Zon Bebas Pelabuhan Klang disambut baik ramai pihak.
Lebih dari 10 pegawai kanan dan bekas menteri dituduh dalam laporan PAC yang dibentangkan di Parlimen 5 November lalu.
Namun laporan PAC ini turut menguja seribu persoalan baru, menguji kesungguhan kerajaan membasmi rasuah.
Pakatan Rakyat berpendapat ada usaha kerajaan untuk menutup maklumat penting berkenaan salahguna kuasa dan penyelewangan dalam pembinaan projek mega ini.
PAC mengesyorkan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia dan Pasukan Polis Diraja Malaysia menyiasat bekas Menteri Pengangkutan Tan Sri Chan Kong choy dan bekas Pengurus Besar Lembaga Pelabuhan Klang Datuk Paduka OC Phang.
Namun, PAC sedia maklum bahawa Kabinet telah menerima laporan berkenaan skandal PKFZ dan berdasarkan laporan setebal 15 hingga 20 mukasurat ini ada menteri yang harus dipertanggungjawabkan namun sehingga ke hari ini tiada tindakan diambil.
Chan dituduh pecah amanah dibawah Seksyen 14(1) Akta Prosedur Kewangan 1957 dengan mengeluarkan tiga surat sokongan – membawa kepada skandal RM12.5 bilion ini.
Namun begitu, SPRM sebelum ini pernah mendakwa siasatan suruhanjaya keatas tiga surat ini tidak menjurus kepada salahguna kuasa.
“Kalau mereka tidak mengendalikan hal ini dengan bagus,maka ada kemungkinana besar Barisan Nasional akan kena hebat dalam pilihanraya akan datang,” kata Ahli Parlimen Klang, Charles Santiago.
Siasatan mendapati lonjakan RM12.5 bilion ini hanyalah sekelumit dari jaringan konspirasi yang lebih besar.
Pengurusan Lembaga Pelabuhan Klang bertarung menjawab soalan media berkenaan kontroversi pembelian tanah milik Koperasi Pembangunan Pulau Lumut.
Tanah seluas 1,000 ekar milik koperasi melayu di beli Kuala Dimenasi pada harga serendah RM3 ringgit untuk satu kaki persegi.
Tanah itu kemudiannya dijual kepada PKA pada harga yang setinggi RM25 ringgit untuk satu kaki persegi.
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kuala Dimenasi adalah Pengerusi Kelab Penyokong BN Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing.
Syarikat ini turut dipengerusikan oleh bekas Bendahari Umno Azim Zabidi.
“Cadangan saya sebenarnya ialah Najib mesti memberi arahan kepada pihak AG,katakan kepada AG,gunakan cadangan ini,heret semua yang terlibat ke mahkamah,terus,jangan bincang.Itu akan menunjukkan keseriusan dalam menangani masalah kanser rasuah ini di Malaysia,” tambahnya.
6 November, 2009
Ahli Parlimen Klang,Charles Santiago berpendapat sekiranya kerajaan gagal menangani skandal PKFZ, ia akan membawa kesan yang buruk kepada Barisan Nasional dalam menghadapi piliharaya akan datang.
Menurutnya,isu yang membabitkan bekas Menteri Pengangkutan Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy,dan bekas Pengurus Besar Lembaga Pelabuhan Klang, Datuk Paduka OC Phang merupakan kes pecah amanah terbesar di Malaysia setakat ini.
“Kalau mereka tidak mengendalikan hal ini dengan bagus,maka ada kemungkinan besar Barisan Nasional akan kena hebat dalam pilihanraya akan datang,” katanya kepada TV Selangor.
Charles meragui laporan awal yang dikeluarkan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) selepas perbincangan dengan JAwatankuasa Kira-kira Wang Negara (PAC) yang mengumumkan kedua dua yang disyaki, tidak melanggar undang-undang.
Kes yang telah dilaporkan sejak tahun 2003 itu dipandang sepi oleh pihak SPRM yang lebih berminat menyiasat Exco-exco di Selangor.
Charles turut mencadangkan supaya Najib untuk meminta Peguam Negara mengheret mereka yang terlibat ke muka pengadilan sekiranya kerajaan pimpinan Perdana Menteri itu bena-benar mahu bebas dari gejala rasuah.
“Cadangan saya sebenarnya ialah Najib mesti memberi arahan kepada pihak AG,katakan kepada AG,gunakan cadangan ini,heret semua yang terlibat ke mahkamah,terus,jangan bincang.Itu akan menunjukkan keseriusan dalam menangani masalah kanser rasuah ini di Malaysia,”katanya.
Negara dikejutkan dengan pendedahan laporan PAC dalam Sidang Parlimen,yang mendedahkan individu yang terlibat dalam Skandal PKFZ menelan belanja RM4billion itu.
PAC mengesyorkan suapaya SPRM dan polis menyiasat Kong Choy dan O.C. Phang membabitkan pecah amanah berhubung projek berkenaan.
Kedua-dua mereka harus disiasat berhubung tiga surat sokongan yang dikeluarkan Chan dan tiga surat akujanji oleh Phang, mengikut laporan PAC berhubung PKFZ yang diedarkan di Dewan Rakyat Rabu lalu.
5 November, 2009
Press Statement by Member of Parliament Klang Charles Satiago in Parliament on 5th Nov 2009
Once again we see the shadow play by the government, spiced with all the local ingredients of cronyism, rhetoric, cocktail of business and politics and topped with total disregard for accountability.
This pretty much sums up the shocking non-committal statement made by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak who opined that the government would consider legal action against those recommended by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for implications in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal only if there is a need to do so.
The PAC after much inquiry strongly suggested that the government investigates former Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy and former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager O.C.Phang for criminal breach of trust.
Najib’s response is to wait for the special task force, set-up under the Chief Secretary to the Government, to determine if legal action is needed against the two.
Conventional wisdom has it that there would be no conflict of interest where members of the high level committee are concerned. But here, we see the exact opposite as ministry officials serving in the committee were also sitting on the PKA and PKFZ board.
They were privy to the back door deals and yet did nothing to uphold their responsibility as representatives of the state and failed to protect and promote the interests of the state and its people.
The PKFZ financial fraud is a RM 12.5 billion scandal, made worse with the leak of a cabinet paper, which revealed the government was fully aware that Chan had breached regulations when issuing letters of support. This is turn, helped PKFZ’s developer Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd to raise billions in bonds.
The PAC concluded that both Chan and Phang had breached the Financial Procedure Act 1957 and other government regulations by issuing the letters of support and three letters of undertaking without the approval of the Finance Ministry.
But Najib wants more proof. Either that or he is hoping that the scandal would simply go away because clearly the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transportation must have been aware of the financial manipulations and yet did not even make a feeble attempt to stop the abuse.
Given the dynamics and scale of the financial misappropriation, Najib’s mere assurance that the government “would not cover up any weaknesses or offence committed” is not enough. While investigations by the special committee is akin to those sitting on the panel investigating themselves, Najib’s insistence could only be translated as a fervent effort to cover-up.
Najib’s suggestion also undermines the PAC and the democratic process. Here, a government special task force is empowered to overrule the highest policy making body in the country. In fact, the PAC would potentially be subordinated to the whims and fancies of Najib’s special task force.
The call for a Royal Commission of Enquiry is welcomed. However, given the Lingam tape fiasco and IPCMC recommendations that came to a naught, this offers no solution for justice to Malaysians. In fact, the commission would be an absolute waste of time and resources.
My view is that the government machinery is culpable and thus on trial in this case. Reports were made to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), police and Securities Commission about the financial embezzlement but nothing was done.
Instead we need a thorough neutral probe. Therefore, I strongly suggest that Najib hands over the PAC report to the Attorney-General, Abdul Gani Patail, with strict instructions to start proceedings against Chan, Phang and other government officials named.
Najib must personally oversee that Abdul Gani acts on his orders as the country’s highest judicial officer was also well aware of the PKFZ scandal but chose to remain silent instead of prosecuting the culprits.
If Najib and Abdul Gani fail to act, Malaysians would contend with my observations and it would also suggest that 1Malaysia is synonymous with corruption. We might either get a glimpse of justice or be confronted with the fact that political survival has, once again, determined the course of the government’s politics.
Charles Santiago
Member of Parliament, Klang
016 626 7797
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巴生国会议员查尔斯圣地亚哥文告，2009年11月5日于国会。
巴生港口自贸区弊案 联邦政府应被审判
我们再次看到政府主导的皮影戏，内容尽是朋党、花言巧语、官商勾结和全无责任感。
首相纳吉对此弊案的总结是惊人地不置可否，他说政府将考虑国会公账委员会提出的法律诉讼建议，如果需要的话。
国会公账委员会在诸多审查巴生港口自贸区弊案后，建议以刑事失信的条文，调查前交通部长陈广才和前巴生港务局总经理冯惠珠。
纳吉的回应是等待由政府首席秘书丹斯里莫哈末西迪领导的特别工作队决定是否需要采取法律行动对付二人。
常识告诉我们利益冲突不被允许，特别是高级别的委员会。但是在此却截然相反，参与委员会的部门官员同时是巴生港务局和巴生港口自贸区的董事。
他们通过秘密幕后交易，没有尽民意代表的责任，无法保障和提倡国家和人民的利益。
巴生港口自贸区欺诈案是高达125亿令吉的大丑闻。更糟糕的是一份泄漏的内阁文件指出政府完全知道陈广才违反条例发出支持信，以协助巴生港口自贸区发展商Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd发出数以十亿令吉的债卷集资。
国会公账委员会总结，陈广才和冯慧珠两人在没有财政部同意下，发出支持信和三封同意书，已违反1957年财务程序法令和其它政府条例。
但是纳吉要更多证据，或者他希望这个丑闻会自动销声匿迹。因为财政部和交通部一定知道这些金融条例和内部操纵，但是没人尝试停止这些滥权行为。
考量到这个金融丑闻的影响力和规模，纳吉确保政府“不会掩盖任何弱点和违法行为”的言论并不足够。当特别工作队的成员展开调查，这意味他们自己在调查自己，纳吉坚持要特工队调查的言论只能被诠释为他企图掩盖真相。
纳吉的建议也让国会公账委员会的报告形同废纸和破坏民主程序。如此，一个政府的特工队被赋予权力推翻国家最高决策机构的决定。实际上，国会公账委员会很可能变成纳吉特工队的从属。
我欢迎成立皇家调查委员会的呼吁。但是，皇委会针对林甘丑闻和独立警察投诉与行为不检委员会（IPCMC）的建议至今仍无法落实，这个建议不是给予大马人的正义方案。实际上，该皇委会完全浪费时间和资源。
我的看法是政府机关在这个丑闻上该被责怪和被审判。向反贪委员会、警察和证卷委员会的投报都无济于事。
与其展开一个独立的调查，我强烈建议纳吉把国会公账委员会的报告交给总检察长阿都干尼，给予严厉的指示，审问陈广才、冯慧珠和其他被点名的官员。
纳吉必须亲自监督阿都干尼，确保这位政府最高司法官员根据他的指示行事。阿都干尼清楚知道巴生港口自贸区弊案的整个过程，但他非但不提控涉案人士，反而选择保持沉默。
如果纳吉和阿都干尼没有采取行动，大马人将认同一个大马是贪污的同义词。或许我们将获得正义的曙光，也或许为事实冲击，政治生存再次决定政府政治的方向。
查尔斯圣地亚哥
巴生国会议员
016 626 7797
17 October, 2009
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22 September, 2009
Source : Malaysiakini
The purported cabinet paper posted on Malaysia Today regarding the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project puts the government in a tight spot.
This is because the classified document suggested that the government was aware of the irregularities for a long time, but never addressed them.
The 18-page document is a memorandum by the Finance Ministry in June 2007 to seek the cabinet’s approval to retrospectively approve a RM4.6 billion soft loan to fund the PKFZ project.
After a Finance Ministry introduction, the document also includes comments made by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Transport Ministry and the Attorney-General’s Chambers on the matter.
The posting of the document had incurred the wrath of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak who denounced the act, adding that such documents were covered by the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
However, the veracity of the document which bears the then second finance minister Nor Mohamad Yakcop’s signature, has yet to be ascertained.
Support letters
Klang MP Charles Santiago, a keen observer of the PKFZ controversy, said if the document was authentic, it means that the cabinet’s orders regarding the project were ignored.
Based on the AG’s comments in the memorandum, Santiago said the government was also fully aware that the previous transport minister had breached regulations when issuing ‘letters of support’ which helped PKFZ’s developers Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd attain AAA ratings to raise billions in bonds.
“We have asked this question in Parliament before and the (present) Transport Minister (Ong Tee Keat) replied that the letters were not ‘guarantee letters’. They have misled Parliament,” he said.
Santiago said the AG had noted that the ‘letters of support’ had given the implicit guarantee that the government was obligated to bear any liabilities, a procedure which could only be done by the Finance Ministry with cabinet approval.
In view of this, Santiago questioned the credibility of the parliament’s Public Accounts Committee chairperson Azmi Khalid, who is heading the probe on PKFZ.
“Azmi was part of the cabinet that approved the soft loan. Clearly he must have known something about the irregularities in the project,” he said.
‘Foreign investors will lose faith’
Another PAC member and Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, who had also scrutinised the alleged cabinet paper, said the government should have taken action against the wrongdoers instead of approving the soft loan.
“This document means that the cabinet had avoided its responsibility. They knew the problems back then but didn’t take action to mitigate it and instead approved the loan retrospectively,” said the DAP leader.
Meanwhile, Santiago also noted that the document did not recommend for the cabinet to improve accountability and transparency to avoid a similar scenario.
“Any foreign investor who reads this document will have no faith in our government,” he said.
20 August, 2009
English version : Explosive Revelation: Kuala Dimensi RM 10 Million ‘donation’ to MCA. First Major Test of Confidence in 1Malaysia.
Source : Detik Daily
Date: Wednesday, August 19 @ 08:00:00 MYT Topic: Artikel
Oleh CHARLES SANTIAGO
Pendeda
han yang dibuat oleh Ahli Parlimen Bintulu dan CEO syarikat kontraktor utama projek PKFZ, Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd, Tiong King Sing memberi kesan yang serius terhadap keyakinan yang dibina melalui 1Malaysia yang dibawa oleh Perdana Menteri Najib Tun RazaK.
Ia memberi kesan yang besar terhadap keyakinan yang dibina di kalangan ahli perniagaan tempatan dan asing.
Ia mempersoalkan tentang amalan perniagaan di negara ini, tentang bagaimana hal ehwal urusniaga dilakukan, dilindungi dan dipromosikan.
Pendedahan mengejutkan yang dibuat oleh Tiong bahawa beliau telah memberikan ‘derma’ sebanyak RM10 juta kepada Presiden MCA dan Menteri Kewangan Dato’ Seri Ong Tee Keat menjadikan skandal PKFZ semakin rumit.
Apa yang mengejutkan mengenai pendedahan tersebut ialah derma tersebut dibuat atas pemintaan Ong, di mana kementeriannya meneliti penyiasatan skandal yang melibatkan dana RM12.5 bilion itu.
Hal ini jelas merupakan penerusan hubungan intim dan berharga antara ahli pernianagaan dengan kerajaan sebagaimana terserlah di zaman bekas perdana menteri Dr Mahathir Mohammed.
Artikel Malaysiakini mendedahkan seterusnya bahawa wang tersebut dibayar dalam bentuk tunai untuk tiga kali pembayaran sewaktu mesyuarat diadakan di Petaling Jaya dan Kuala Lumpur dalam 2008.
Malah Tiong mengatakan bahawa dia mempunyai kawan yang menyaksikan pemberian tersebut dibuat.
Tiong juga memberi amaran bahawa jika menteri berkenaan menafikan pemberian ‘derma’ itu, beliau akan tolong mengingatkan Presiden MCA itu di mana pemberian itu dibuat.
Pendedahan Tiong itu turut menjelaskan tentang kepentingan bersama di antara dua orang tersebut. Dalam hal ini Tiong mungkin telah terlepas pandang dengan mengatakan terdapat usaha tolong menolong di antara kedua belah pihak.
Perkataan sebenar yang diungkapkan Tiong (sebagaimana dilaporkan media) ialah: “Saya sepatutnya memulangkan wang tersebut kepada orang lain. Tetapi untuk menolong satu sama lain, saya biarkan Ong menggunakan wang itu dahulu”.
Apakah yang dimahukan oleh Tiong sebagai ahli perniagaan daripada Ong? Apakah yang boleh ditawarkan oleh Ong kepada Kuala Dimensi atas kapasitinya sebagai menteri? Elemen bersama antara Tiong dan Ong dalam 2008 ialah PKFZ.
Persoalan yang bermain di minda rakyat Malaysia kini adalah seperti berikut: Adakah pemberian RM10 juta Tiong itu merupakan satu perbuatan yang boleh disifatkan sebagai rasuah? Dan apakah bahagian Ong dalam percaturan ini? Apakah yang diharapkan daripada pemberian ini?
Pendedahan ini dibuat sehari selepas pengerusi Pihak Berkuasa Pelabuhan Klang (PKA) Lee Hwa Beng membuat laporan polis terhadap KDSB, yang dituduh membuat tuntutan melambung tinggi, tuntutan tidak sekata serta beberapa kepincangan melibatkan sekurang-kurangnya RM500 juta hingga RM1 bilion.
Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd dilantik oleh Pihak Berkuasa Pelabuhan Klang (PKA) sebagai kontraktor utama bagi pembangunan projek PKFZ bernilai RM1.32 bilion. Syarikat yang kontroversi itu juga dituduh mengaut keuntungan daripada penjualan tanah kepada Pihak Berkuasa Pelabuhan Klang, yang menyaksikan peningkatan harga daripada RM3 bagi satu kaki persegi dalam 1999 kepada RM25 sekaki persegi dalam 2002.
Kita tidak berminat dengan soal persahabatan di antara Ong dan Tiong, begitu juga dengan penggunaan jet peribadi. Orang ramai ingin tahu sama ada terdapatnya usaha sama di antara Ong dan Tiong untuk menutup skandal RM12.5 bilion yang melibatkan duit pembayar cukai itu ataupun sebaliknya.
Selanjutnya, adalah mengejutkan apabila negara ini tidak punya badan pemantau yang benar-benar berwibawa untuk menyiasat ibu kepada segala skandal ini. Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) yang sepatutnya menyiasat skandal tersebut, ternyata gagal berbuat demikian walaupun badan itu sudah mendapatkan semua dokumen perlu daripada PKA dalam 2007 dan telah menerima banyak aduan.
Apa yang kita dapat hanyalah pendedahan skandal dalam skandal kewangan, yang mempunyai elemen amalan penipuan. Apa yang sangat malang, negara ini tidak mempunyai Suruhanjaya Anti-Rasuah yang benar-benar bebas untuk menyiasat pendedahan termasuk skandal yang berlaku.
Setakat ini SPRM hanya menjadi kuda tunggangan Najib untuk meruntuhkan kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Selangor.
Keyakinan rakyat terhadap SPRM pada masa ini benar-benar rendah berikutan kematian Teoh Beng Hock.
Jadi, apakah cara penyelesaiannya?
Jawapannya mungkin berada di tangan 42 orang Ahli Panel Penasihat SPRM. Mereka harus membuat tuntutan secara kolektif supaya SPRM dibiarkan benar-benar bebas untuk menyiasat kes kematian Teoh dan skandal RM12.5 bilon PKFZ. Kumpulan ini perlu meletakkan jawatan beramai-ramai sekiranya terdapat penyiasatan yang tidak bebas.
Saya juga mendesak Hajib supaya meminta Ong dan pengerusi Kelab Penyokong Barisan Nasional bercuti sehingga semua kerja siasatan selesai.
DAP juga meminta kepada Najib, jika terdapat sesiapa yang akan dipecat setelah pendedahan laporan audit PWC itu, maka Najib perlu memberikan jawapannnya kepada rakyat.
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Terjemahan oleh MUHAMMAD NOR ABD SAMAD
“The case is still being investigated by the police and classified under Section 8 of the Official Secrets Act (OSA) 1972, where disclosing government secrets is wrong,” said Hishammuddin.
Charles Santiago 
