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DAP’s PJ Utara MP Tony Pua chides Teh Kim Poh for covering up for Kong Cho Ha by placing the blame on his predecessor Lee Hwa Beng.

The former transport minister has asked for the cheating charges against him to be dropped or reduced.

FREE VOXPOP 'If there are more newsmen like R Nadeswaran, crooked politicians would think twice before they rob the nation.'

A media session to refute allegations on PKFZ scandal turns into a public relation disaster. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.32PM Port Klang Authority, which oversees Port Klang Free Zone, maintains it has an undertaking to pay back Kuala Dimensi.

Former transport minister Ong Tee Keat fires another salvo at his successor Kong Cho Ha for discontinuing his reform agenda on PKFZ.

The PJ Utara MP believes that the port authority may be committing criminal breach of trust by paying KDSB for work that it knows is still uncompleted.

UPDATED 3.55PM Since the premier has been silent on the 'super task force' findings, a RCI is the only option, says Lim Kit Siang.

UPDATED 2.52PM Good governance broke down after the change of guard in the Transport Ministry and PKA, claims Ong Tee Keat.

Minister Kong Cho Ha is accused of undoing remedial actions on the scandal undertaken by his predecessor.

UPDATED2.09pm High Court has ordered Ling to enter his defence on charges of cheating the gov't. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 10.29AM The judge needs more time to determine whether the prosecution has proven a prima facie case against the former MCA boss.

The High Court will decide this Friday whether former transport minister Dr Ling Liong Sik needs to enter his defence.

Several important verdicts are to be delivered involving three well-known politicians beginning tomorrow until next month.

Justice Ahmadi Asnawi fixed the date after hearing submissions by deputy public prosecutor Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah.

Teh Kim Poo claims that graft allegations made against him are the work of a senior PKFZ manager.

The court is to decide on an application by the gov't for stay of an order to surrender property worth more than RM32 million to Kuala Dimensi.

PKFZ TRIAL They and eight other ministers are to be interviewed as witnesses, should Ling be called to make his defence.

UPDATED 5.55PM PKFZ TRIAL No such police report was received between 1999 and 2002, says the investigating officer.

UPDATED 4.58PM PKFZ TRIAL 'Mahathir is not relevant to this trial. It was a cabinet decision, not that of Mahathir alone.'

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur was told today that a bond for RM1.3 billion was issued for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project.

Former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is scheduled to be called as the crown witness in the trial.

Judge Ghazali Cha orders that the freeze on the property be removed and the assets be returned to the respondents.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has set Nov 4, for mention of a cheating case in which former transport minister Chan Kong Choy is linked to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.