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Smoke and mirrors over Noh's prawn farm
Published:  Aug 9, 2012 10:00 AM
Updated: 3:11 AM

YOURSAY 'If ‘joint venture' actually means ‘tenancy', then what else regarding the farm is not as it should be?'

Noh Omar 'not mere landlord' of prawn farm, says DAP rep

your say Kosongcafe: In other words, company agreements can be untrue just to comply with laws and government policies so that projects can get started. In this case, the company is trying to protect its interests.

To a layperson, this is clearly a case of minister abusing his powers in getting the land and an enterprising Chinese businessman who needs the land. Whether it is a case of landlord and tenant or a JV (joint venture), it is immaterial because what was officially agreed could be different from secret deals (as is common in Bolehland).

By the way, did it breach any law on Malay reserve land which normally has very restrictive conditions?

Anonymous #43051382: This is the best English translation I have come across in my entire life: joint venture = tenancy.

Wira: I rent my properties to all kinds of tenants, some for business and some for residential purposes.

Never will I allow any of them to place a caveat on my property. A tenancy agreement will suffice. A caveat certainly suggests something more than a mere tenancy.

AF McLaren: How can it be so cheap - RM25,000 rental per year for such a big piece of land. Surely there are some profit-sharing elements. If it's RM25,000 per month, I also want.

Send in the Internal Revenue Board to check Pristine Agrofood Sdn Bhd director Chu Bak Teck's accounts. Then you know how much money he is making and how much he is sharing with others.

Bad Feng Shui: I guess it won't be long before Sekinchan assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim is locked up on some trumped-up charge.

Nambekei 7: Agriculture Minister Noh Omar is qualified to be the Umno menteri besar of Selangor because:

1. He is not corrupt.

2. Like former MB Mohd Khir Toyo, he is clean.

3. He is a very intelligent and a handsome fellow.

4. He doesn't like beef or udang (prawns).

5. He, along with Chua Jr, will take the state to the cleaners.

Anonymous #07443216: First, Malaysia had a defence minister who allegedly received kickbacks from submarine procurement. Then we have a women's minister involved in the NFC (National Feedlot Corporation) scandal.

Now we have a menteri besar contender cum agriculture and agro-based minister abusing his power by obtaining state land for the purpose of ‘joint venture' prawn farming.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy commissioner Mohd Shukri Abdull, please show us you mean business and not close both your eyes and ears.

Get on with an investigation into these allegations. Otherwise, please resign from your post.

Disgusted: Noh wants to be Selangor MB and wants BN to capture Selangor by hook or by crook.

Selangor will become bankrupt again and the rakyat of Selangor will have to pay higher water charges and who knows what else to feed these greedy Umnoputras and their cronies. Beware!

Selangor must not return to BN even if they use crooked ways to win votes by making foreigners citizens-cum-voters.

Mambo: Mangrove swamps are crucial to the ecological survival of this planet. And this minister turns 12ha of it into a prawn farm? And he gets 40ha of land? He should be thrown into the prawn pond.

Odin: Acquiring land by abusing your position or due to your position is one thing. Acquiring land that is part of a reserve is quite another.

And when you have been lying about the matter and is a partner in an activity that is in conflict with your position, then you are worth less than the droppings of the prawns at your farm.

Lover Boy: Umno, the land that Noh Omar got is a mangrove swamp. Mangrove swamp is very important to protect the ecological system along the coast line. How can you destroy mangrove swamps by breeding commercial prawns?

Chu Bak Teck, please do not lie to the Malaysian public. If indeed it is not a joint venture agreement but a landlord/tenant situation, you could have registered your lease for 10 years at the Land Office.

To lodge a caveat on the land you must have a caveatable interest over the land, and that caveatable interest that you speak of is the joint venture with Noh Omar.

Anonymous #06001393: How can Noh obtain the mangrove reserve land? Where is Deputy Agriculture Minister Chua Tee Yong when we need him?

Steven For Malaysia: The whole Umno-BN is full of this kind of scam. They misuse power to enrich themselves and play racial and religious issues to threaten the poor Malays to keep supporting them to be in power. Vote them out in the next GE13.

Anonymous_3e21: What else can you expect from an Umno warlord? They tell the Malays to unite against DAP fearing the domination of Chinese, but for them it is okay to share the loot with Chinese businessmen.

For every Umno warlord, there is always a Chinaman behind him. Pity those Malays who have been cheated for the last 50 years.

Anonyxyz: Just like PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli, Ng will be charged under the Official Secrets Act with revealing state secrets.

This will scare the hell out of others who want to reveal more government corruption and the rape of our land.

Yahoo: You would think that after the 2008 general election, these goons would tone down their corruption, but obviously not. Has 55 years of BN rule made them so immune from prosecution?

Where is the transformation that PM Najib Razak spoke about?


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