The attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail has come under by fire from he DAP for failing to take action against two former transport ministers for issuing invalid letters to support for the Port Klang Free Zone project.

NONE "Why did the AG not prosecute the two former transport ministers for unlawfully issuing the four letters of support landing the taxpayers with the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal?" asked DAP veteran lawmaker Lim Kit Siang (left) in a statement today.

The letters in question are ‘letters of support' signed by Ling Liong Sik and Chan Kong Choy which helped PKFZ developers Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd obtain the AAA rating to raise RM4 billion in bonds.

But in August, Abdul Gani had told the Public Accounts Committee that he was of the view that the letters had an implicit guarantee that the government would bear any liabilities.

Based on ‘leaked' cabinet documents on the Internet, Abdul Gani had made note of this to the government, adding that the letters were invalid as only the Finance Ministry can issue monetary guarantees based on Cabinet's approval.

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Lim said that the AG and the government should be focusing on investigating the two former ministers instead of investigating the source of the leaked documents.

The documents were posted on fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin's popular Malaysia Today blog, which has prompted police investigations for breach of the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

Lim adds that media reports show government officials clamouring to denounce the publication of the Cabinet papers but notes that none seem to be concerned about the contents of the documents.

"None of them has shown any concern about the right to know of Malaysians about the hows and whys the taxpayers are being burdened with the ‘mother of all scandals' - the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal running through three prime ministers, three finance ministers and four Port Klang Authority chairperson," said Lim.

He urged the government to declassify all cabinet documents related to the PKFZ scandal in order to ensure greater transparency.

In another development, Malaysia Today website was again accessible a day after viewers complained of slow or no access .

No official statement has been posted to explain the downtime yesterday, which could either be due to heavy traffic to the site or that it suffered an attack.