Khir Toyo In The Dock. Punish Him If Guilty.
The Billboard expose by the Sun has lead to a chorus of demands that the thieves in the Selangor government be brought to book and made an example of. Enough is enough. Semua-nya is NOT ok now. High-level robbery has and is taking place but the main culprits, nay, criminals are still out there, scot free and keeping silent. As if by keeping mum the whole episode is going to vanish into thin air.
Appeals are being made to the Prime Minister and His Royal Highness, The Sultan Of Selangor. Will these crooks be brought to justice now that the highest authorities in the land have been alerted? I certainly hope so. Read here the Sun report in its entirety........
Transparency International (TI) has called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry while the Council of Business Ethics wants the prime minister to intervene.
They - save for Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo who has chosen to remain silent - were responding to theSun's expose on billboards and the role the Selangor government played in facilitating a monopoly.
"From what we see from the reports, it appears that there is strong evidence of lack of transparency which raises concerns," said TI president Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam.
"TI hopes that this case does not reflect a general lack of trust or worse still, declining standards in management, intergrity and the accountabilty of local government in this country.
"TI appeals to the Sultan to use His Royal Highness' good offices to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to get to the bottom of these allegations on the awards of tenders and contracts in Selangor," he said when commenting on theSun's front page report today (Aug 15, 2006) which debunked Mohd Khir's denials of existing privatisation agreements related to the monopoly of outdoor advertising. The report said the state government awarded all outdoor advertising rights to Bernam Kiara Sdn Bhd for 15 years in January 2005.
Navaratnam however, acknowledged that Mohd Khir may have been wrongly advised and ill-informed over billboard deals going on in the state. "However, he must come out strongly in response to the allegations of abuse of authority in order to safeguard and protect the name and credibility of the local authorities within the state," he said.
Navaratnam added that as Selangor is the only state which declared itself "developed", it should show the highest standards of transparency, accountability and integrity in order to justify such a status. "Selangor should lead and show the way," he said.
The Business Ethics of Malaysia said intervention from the prime minister must be imminent for change to take place. "There is no such thing as a complete individual. Change can only come from the Big Man," said its director Dr Zainal Abidin Abdul Majid.
He said that while Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has spoken on the matter, he also must get involved to facilitate change.
"He should not only promote good messages but also act. This issue is merely the tip of the iceberg. Common directive has to come from the top," he said.
Zainal Abdidin also stressed that government policies must not be linked to business deals, saying that the values of honesty and integrity are absent from the parties involved in the billboard debacle. "Despite a substantial amount of effort to promote integrity at municipal councils, misappropriation is still at work, possibly even more than before," he added.
**** It is hoped that some form of action will be initiated, while leaving it to the wisdom of the courts to decide on the correct punishment for these betrayers of the nation and her citizens.
Appeals are being made to the Prime Minister and His Royal Highness, The Sultan Of Selangor. Will these crooks be brought to justice now that the highest authorities in the land have been alerted? I certainly hope so. Read here the Sun report in its entirety........
Transparency International (TI) has called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry while the Council of Business Ethics wants the prime minister to intervene.
They - save for Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo who has chosen to remain silent - were responding to theSun's expose on billboards and the role the Selangor government played in facilitating a monopoly.
"From what we see from the reports, it appears that there is strong evidence of lack of transparency which raises concerns," said TI president Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam.
"TI hopes that this case does not reflect a general lack of trust or worse still, declining standards in management, intergrity and the accountabilty of local government in this country.
"TI appeals to the Sultan to use His Royal Highness' good offices to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to get to the bottom of these allegations on the awards of tenders and contracts in Selangor," he said when commenting on theSun's front page report today (Aug 15, 2006) which debunked Mohd Khir's denials of existing privatisation agreements related to the monopoly of outdoor advertising. The report said the state government awarded all outdoor advertising rights to Bernam Kiara Sdn Bhd for 15 years in January 2005.
Navaratnam however, acknowledged that Mohd Khir may have been wrongly advised and ill-informed over billboard deals going on in the state. "However, he must come out strongly in response to the allegations of abuse of authority in order to safeguard and protect the name and credibility of the local authorities within the state," he said.
Navaratnam added that as Selangor is the only state which declared itself "developed", it should show the highest standards of transparency, accountability and integrity in order to justify such a status. "Selangor should lead and show the way," he said.
The Business Ethics of Malaysia said intervention from the prime minister must be imminent for change to take place. "There is no such thing as a complete individual. Change can only come from the Big Man," said its director Dr Zainal Abidin Abdul Majid.
He said that while Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has spoken on the matter, he also must get involved to facilitate change.
"He should not only promote good messages but also act. This issue is merely the tip of the iceberg. Common directive has to come from the top," he said.
Zainal Abdidin also stressed that government policies must not be linked to business deals, saying that the values of honesty and integrity are absent from the parties involved in the billboard debacle. "Despite a substantial amount of effort to promote integrity at municipal councils, misappropriation is still at work, possibly even more than before," he added.
**** It is hoped that some form of action will be initiated, while leaving it to the wisdom of the courts to decide on the correct punishment for these betrayers of the nation and her citizens.
posted by The Malaysian. at 8/16/2006 09:16:00 AM
1 Comments:
Kudos to the Sun esp. Nades for the persistent expose'!
These are the real m***f*** traitors of the country. They rape and plunder to their heart's content,(becos they think it is their God-given right to take what they please - in their term as in any position of the state council !!)They will preach the tax-paying citizens to raise the flag for Merdeka or be labelled as as 'unpatriotic' while from the ranks of the file-search clerk right up to the head-honcho will rob the living day-lights out of its citizens !
And this is called "Developed State"??
Will the PM and HRH bring some heads to the chopping board ?(this is a figure of speech, please!)
OR is it "semuanya okay-lah!
Come clean,please!
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