Several former ministers and senior government officials will be implicated in the Public Accounts Committee's report on PKFZ, which is expected to be tabled in parliament tomorrow.

"We know that the cabinet received a report on PKFZ and many ministers are accountable because no action was taken," said PAC dap 2010 budget rocket cafe 071009 tony pua 01 member Tony Pua.

"However, there are one or two (former) ministers who had heavier and specific responsibilities to act and did not ," said Pua of the cabinet leak, which exposed that the government was aware of the problems in PKFZ.

When asked how many people will be implicated, he said, "There are many, certainly more than 10 people," added Pua (right) .

Pua, however, declined to name those who will be implicated, urging for all to wait for the report to be tabled.

Among those who have been allegedly linked to the PKFZ scandal include transport minister Ong Tee Keat and BN backbencher Tiong King Sing

"We hope that stern and swift action will be taken by the government so that such wastage of public funds will not occur again," he said.

The PAC began investigations into the fiasco when questions were tabled over the viability of the PKFZ project.

Another scandal in the making

Probes into the project's financial records since then have revealed instances of corruption, conflicts of interest and breach of trust.

As the PAC report on PKFZ is about to be tabled, the transport ministry faces further allegations of corruption, this time involving the Rawang-Ipoh double tracking and electrification project.

Meanwhile, DAP parliamentarian Liew Chin Tong pointed out that RM22 million was too much to be spent on a study on the implementation of the GST.

Speaking to the press about the amount earmarked for the study in the treasury budget, he said: "The finance minister has an obligation to explain where this RM22 million will go to, as this is a very big amount."

Further, he added, the question of GST implementation should be a national debate, like in the case of Australia which implemented GST after a referendum.

"This matter should not be outsourced, and a national debate should be started to discuss if the government should reduce its spending, instead of implementing this regressive tax," he said.

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