UPDATED SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government is seeking to recover the amount that Yayasan Selangor paid in advance to an event management company for its 40th anniversary luncheon.
The luncheon was scheduled for today but Yayasan has cancelled it following decisions by the Sultan of Selangor and Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim not to attend.
Khalid told a news conference here that Yayasan, a welfare foundation established by the state, had paid RM100,000 for the rental of canopies.
Asked whether the money would be reimbursed, he said, “Yes, yes, I should think so” as he concluded the conference. He did not give any more detail.
It was reported last week that the event would cost Yayasan RM300,000, an amount that both the Sultan and Khalid have described as exorbitant.
There is some confusion about the proportion paid in advance, with some officials saying it was 90 percent of the total.
According to PKR’s Shuhami Shafie, the state assemblyman for Sri Muda, Yayasan had paid two instalments.
“We understand that they have made two payments to the company,” he told an earlier press conference. “First it was RM150,000. The second payment was RM140,000.”
Maximizing the recovery
But according to Yayasan’s general manager, Ilham Marzuki, the amount paid so far was only 50% of the RM300,000.
“We are doing our best to maximize recovery,” he told FMT in a text message.
At his news conference, Shuhaimi rebuked Selangor Umno deputy chief Noh Omar for “lying” about the cost of the luncheon.
News reports yesterday quoted Noh as saying the event would have cost the state RM800,000.
“It’s a blatant lie,” Shuhaimi said. “The Menteri Besar has given his explanation. He has said it would have cost around RM300,000. And he has promised the state assembly that he would investigate the matter.
“Noh doesn’t have to lie even if he wants to appear as a hero in order to get the Prime Minister’s attention.”
He suggested that Noh, who is the Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, focus instead on explaining an alleged delay in the supply of fertilisers to the country’s farmers.
He said the farmers were supposed to have received the supplies last month .
He alleged that the fertiliser contract was given to an “Umno crony in Selayang” under dubious circumstances
S'gor-owned KDEB to be probed
Meanwhile the Selangor legislative assembly also approved a motion to investigate state-owned Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad (KDEB) for its “lackadaisical management” in developing a plot of land in Sepang.
It also approved the setting up of an independent body under the state government to probe the company and table the findings to the state assembly.
The motion, which was submitted by Shaari Sungib (PAS-Hulu Klang), cited that KDEB and its investment arm KHSB developed 10 acres of land in Dengkil sold to a third party named Syarikat Temasik Sehati Sdn Bhd through a joint venture at a low price, despite its strategic location.
According to Shaari, the land was sold at RM4.16 million without taking into account its premium payment that would be borne by KHSB.
In result, he said the state subsidiary would instead get returns of RM37,026.40 or RM3,875.81 per acre.
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