By Jeff Ooi,
What's the outcome of today's Cabinet deliberation on the special report on the PKFZ Scandal prepared by Skrine & Co. on behalf of Port Klang Authority (PKA)?
According to The China Press tonight, the Cabinet deemed it incomprehensive, and has ordered Chief Secretary Mohd Sidek Hassan to head another inquiry committee to especially follow through with the investigations currently conducted by the MACC and the Police.
Quoting Cabinet sources, The China Press said the PKA-Skrine report merely focussed on the shortcomings of the PKFZ management and did not provide a comprehensive coverage on the entire sequence of happenings that led to the scandal.
The paper added that, apart from the PKA-Skrine report, the Government has managed to unearth other information related to the scandal from various avenues. As such, the Chief Secretary was tasked to head the special committee to follow through the case in due course.
Most importantly, the paper added, the Cabinet did not deliberate on the roles played by former Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy and former PKFZ chairman OC Phang. Instead, MACC and the Police have now taken over investigations on the PKFZ Scandal.
On the other hand, the evening edition of Sin Chew Daily reported tonight that the authority will make first arrest of the "key culprits" in the scandal soon.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported that former Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy, who is currently abroad, may take legal action against several media organisations for publishing reports which allegedly implicated him in the PKFZ Scandal.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS... With the Chief Secretary, the MACC and the Police all stepping in, does this mean Ong Tee Keat has lost his carte blanche to see through the scandal that all culprits will be dealt with accordingly?
Or simply, is it the end of the road for Tee Keat in Najib's Cabinet?
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