Posted in Current Issues, Parliament, Transparency on Mar 18th, 2009 24 Comments »
It is wrong to think that Defence scandals confine only to submarine, Eurocopter, Sukhoi, and big-time weapons.
Today I held a press conference in the lobby of the Parliament to expose more scandals in awarding Defence contracts. Last week, I received a written answer from the Ministry of Defence revealing that in 2008 54% of the [...]
Posted in Parliament, Transparency on Dec 15th, 2008 3 Comments »
It is already 23:15hr, 15 minutes before parliament ends, I am still waiting for my chance to speak on Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission Bill.
All speakers from both ruling and opposition parties had pointed out various weaknesses of the bill. I am rather pessimist that the Government is willing to amend or improve the bill.
The Opposition [...]
Posted in Politics, Transparency, Umno on Oct 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
Two days before Najib Razak swapped his defence portfolio with Abdullah, he authorized the purchase of a dozen of Eurocopter EC-725.
Until today, the public are still unsure of how much the choppers will cost the taxpayers. However we can be sure It could add a few hundreds millions into Najib’s war chest for Umno election.
The [...]