The missing RM1mil for hardcore poor and 61 silk pieces for the first lady...

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has questioned Umno over a RM1.1 million allocation by the Rural and Regional Development Ministry for 22 hardcore poor families in the state.

Lim (left), who is DAP secretary-general, asked if each family had received the RM50,000 and where the money had gone.

He added that Penang Umno liaison chief Zainal Abidin Osman has yet to explain the whereabouts of the money.

“After three years, we want to ensure that the cash reaches the hands of the poor families but it is regretted that up till now, Zainal is unable to tell us where the money has gone and into whose hands,” said Lim in a statement.

“Why is it that only 22 families are being given this RM50,000 each and not other hardcore poor families?” he asked.

Lim then threw a challenge at Zainal (right) to list down the 22 families, asking if the money had gone into “the pockets of certain quarters”.

Lim was referring to Zainal’s remark in 2009 that the ministry, to which he is adviser, was willing to take over the problems of the state’s hardcore poor.

He said this when referring to the state government’s “failure” under Lim to eradicate hardcore poverty in Penang.

He added that the ministry will be handing out financial aid to the 22 families under the People’s Well-being Development Scheme (Skim Pembangunan Kesejahteraan Rakyat).

Lim said state executive councillor Phee Boon Poh had written to Zainal in April 2009 to obtain information about the 22 families, but no reply had been forthcoming.

Phee had then lodged a police report in July of the same year asking the force to investigate the whereabouts of the RM1.1 million, he added.

Penang spent RM6 million on poor

Lim noted that from March 2009 to December last year, the Penang government had channeled out RM6.32 million to about 700 families every month.

This was in line with the Pakatan Rakyat’s plan to abolish poverty by 2015.

“This has helped wipe out hardcore poverty in Penang, the first state which has managed to do this,” Lim said.

“Currently, we have agreed to increase the amount of monthly income to a minimum of RM600 per family, meaning, we will top-up the income of those who receive less than the RM600,” he added.- malaysiakini

Ketika rakyat miskin tegar menanti2 peruntukan RM1 juta,bik mama 'belanja sakan' tempah 61 pasang pakaian dari Australia..

Sementara itu, sedang kerajaan Pulau Pinang tertanya2 ke mana perginya  peruntukan RM1 juta untuk rakyat miskin tegar di neghheri tersebut,seperti yang telah dijanjikan oleh keranjaan BN pusat, NGO mesra PKR, Jingga 13 hari ini menyerahkan beberapa urusan e-mel kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) sebagai "bukti" bahawa isteri Perdana Menteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor yang didakwa ‘berbelanja sakan’ membeli pakaian pereka eksklusif di Sydney, Australia.

Pertukaran e-mel itu dimuat-naikkan pada laman blog Frockwriter oleh wartawan fesyen Australia, Patty Huntington yang mendedahkan butiran tentang apa yang berlaku antara Huntington, pereka Carl Kapp dan ‘publicist’ beliau Holly Beer.

Rosmah dibidas kerana didakwa telah membelanjakan RM323,000 bagi membeli 61 helai pakaian daripada butik eksklusif Kapp semasa percutiannya Disember lalu di Australia.

Ketua Jingga 13 Fariz Musa berkata pertukaran dua e-mel antara Huntington dan Beer menceritakan bilangan pakaian yang dibeli dan nilainya.


"Kami telah bekalkan bukti tambahan ini untuk menunjukkan bahawa apa yang dinafikan (dakwaan pembelian) oleh Rosmah dan (Pengerusi Festival Fesyen Islam) Raja Rezza Shah bercanggah dengan kenyataan Kapp dan laporan daripada Huntington," kata Fariz.

Pada 26 Januari lalu, kumpulan itu membuat laporan kepada SPRM berhubung kolum yang ditulis oleh  Andrew Hornery mengenai Rosmah yang disiarkan di akhbar Sydney Morning Herald.

"Oleh kerana kita telah bekalkan bukti tambahan, kita gesa SPRM memandang serius isu ini dan menjalankan siasatan tanpa prejuds," kata Fariz.

Menurut beliau, SPRM juga perlu merakamkan kenyataan dari Hornery, Huntington, Kapp dan Little Hero.

Ulang tayang kisah shopping sakan FLOM boleh di baca di sini, sini, sini dan sini....

source:malaysiakini

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