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Friday, March 24, 2017

DAP duo show 'proof' on claims against Rahman Dahlan



Bukit Aman police officers have reportedly questioned two DAP leaders about their claims of abuse of power against minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan in a high-profile housing case.
According to Satees Muniandy and David Marshall, two policemen from Bukit Aman’s Commercial Crime Department in Kuala Lumpur, interrogated them on Monday, in Penang.
“They kept asking us if we have seen the documents or letters related to our claim,” Satees, who is DAP Batu Kawan secretary, said in a press conference in Penang today.
“Since they kept harping on whether we have proof, we will provide the documents,” Satees added.
During the press conference, the duo released several documents from the Companies Securities Commission of Malaysia to back their claims.
The documents included a letter dated April 20, 2014, from developer BHL Construction Sdn Bhd to the Licensing Unit at the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry, to request for extension of time (EOT) for its Palace Court project in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
The duo provided to the media, a letter dated Oct 24, 2014, signed by Mohamad Yusoff Ghazali from the Housing Control section of the ministry, rejecting BHL’s request for EOT.
They also shared a letter dated Oct 28, 2014, from Faridah Begum KA Abdul Kader to Rahman, who was then the housing minister, requesting for the said EOT.
According to the letter, Faridah had claimed to be a director of BHL.
However, DAP Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang had earlier pointed out in a statement on his blog that Faridah, the wife of Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali, was allegedly not the director of the company.
Decision affected 104 buyers
According to a letter dated July 2, 2015, Faridah had written to one Jessylina Mat Lazim asking about the decision on the letter she sent to the ministry on Oct 28, 2014, where she allegedly requested for the EOT.
Based on a letter dated Nov 17, 2015, one Jayaselan K Navarathnam from the Housing Control section wrote a letter to BHL, informing the company of the approval of the 12 months' EOT requested on Oct 28, 2015.
The issue came to light when the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the then housing minister’s decision was ultra vires the Housing Development Act.
The extension of time affected 104 house buyers, and the decision was also criticised by the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association.
Malaysiakini had tried contacting Faridah and the AG on this matter but failed to get a response.
David said Rahman will be given one week to respond to this matter.
“We will give him one week to do so, since he may be busy in Parliament, but if he refuses to do that, we will take over the job,” said David, who is DAP Batu Kawan organising secretary.
On March 6, the duo had lodged an MACC report on the issue at the commission’s branch in Perai.
Rahman denied power abuse, saying he had the power as a minister to approve such requests for EOT.

His decision, he added, was not influenced by the alleged support letter written by Faridah.
Satees said if Rahman claimed to be innocent, and that he was not aware of the alleged false claim, he should lodge a police report against the company to clear his name.
“We do not want the government to be cheated, so we will help the minister do his work by reporting the matter to the police if he cannot do it,” Satees added.- Mkini

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