PKR today urged the government to declassify all the cabinet documents related to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) multi-billion fiasco, saying what has been done so far was not enough.

Selayang PKR parliamentarian William Leong said a special task force set up by the government and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) cannot do anything if they are not able to look into the documents, which are classified under Official Secrets Act (OSA).

pkr weekly pc 310108 william leong To back his argument, he showed a copy of a letter dated Nov 20, 2002 from the Transport Ministry to the then Port Klang Authority (PKA) general-manager OC Phang on suggestions to purchase 1,000 acres of land in Pulau Indah for the PKFZ.

According to Leong ( right) , the letter stated that former transport minister Chan Kong Choy had written to the then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad suggesting that the land should be purchased.

Subsequently, he added, Chan's request was allowed as he had presented a note in the cabinet meeting on Nov 6, 2002.

However, Leong argued that the basis for allowing the purchase was not known as the note was never revealed to the public.

"We and the public want to know what is the content of the note that made the cabinet approve the purchase of the land for the (PKFZ project)," he said.

Question rejected

In a related matter, Leong also expressed disappointment at the rejection of his written question to the House, where he had asked the cabinet to explain the reasons behind purchasing the land for RM25 per sq ft from key developer Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd.

He also questioned the cabinet's motive for failing to acquire the land at the market price of RM10 per sq ft based on the PricewaterhouseCooper audit report recommendations.

"But the question was rejected and the reason given was that Cabinet decisions are confidential," said Leong.

He stressed that the government should be serious enough to get 'to the bottom of the scandal' by declassifying all the relevant documents.

"If the government wants to really get to the bottom of the scandal as they claim, then it should respond well to our call for declassifying the documents related to the PKFZ so that every single wrongdoing can be exposed," he said.