Sunday May 31, 2009
Chor to explain to Najib and Tee Keat
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung will meet Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak soon to explain his position concerning the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) issue.
“I will explain to the Prime Minister, especially on matters relating to the Finance Ministry,” he said.
Bernama quoted Chor as saying yesterday that he would also be seeing Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat to explain the matter.
In the PKFZ report released on Thursday, auditors said it was possible that Chor had a conflict of interest as he was the Wijaya Baru Global Bhd (WBGB) non-executive deputy chairman and the Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairman in 2007.
Chor also said that he had given his explanation to Second Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah on Friday.
On Friday, Chor released a press statement denying that there was any conflict of interest in his role in the PKFZ project.
WBGB is linked to the main developer of PKFZ, Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB).
Asked whether he would take any legal action, Chor said there was no need so far as he was not involved but felt that his image had been damaged “a bit”.
