By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 —Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan said he had no knowledge of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB).
“I do not know what is KDSB. Only today that I have heard that they are involved,” he said in the verbatim report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) released this week.
He added that that if he had known about KDSB, he would have taken the necessary action.
Ahmad also said that he had never met with the Attorney-General on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.
“Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdull will conduct the investigation with his officers and he will report on its status, OK. Until now, it has been produced to the prosecution division.
“Because the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report has been released, we decided to re-investigate the case. I have never met with the Attorney-General to discuss on this matter. Never.” he explained.
Ahmad pointed out that the role of the A-G is to advise PKFZ and involved parties but not the MACC.
He reasoned that if the A-G was to help with the investigation, then the A-G will become a witness for MACC.
MACC Director of Investigations Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull earlier revealed that the Selangor Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) had already conducted an investigation into PKFZ in 2004 but could not find evidence of crime or corruption.
However, the case was reopened after the Auditor-General released its report in 2007.
“We made a new report based on the audit report in 2007 and we are conducting an investigation based on the findings of the report. However, we have yet to make any decision.
“Actually the investigation was already completed but when the PricewaterhouseCoopers report came out, before the prosecution department could make any decision, I decide to pull back the investigation to see whether there is a need to continue with the investigation.
“We found that there are many new matters which needed to be investigated so the case is still under investigation,” he said.
Shukri explained that the PwC report was more comprehensive compared to ACA’s because its investigation was conducted based on criminal offences.
“In 2004, we could not find any proof that there was any occurrence of crime. When we submitted (the report) to the deputy prosecutor, they were in agreement with ACA that no crime or corruption was committed,” he said.
He acknowledged that MACC already knew of the three letters of support but maintained that the deputy prosecutor was of the opinion that there wasn't any abuse of power and no offence was committed.
When asked if MACC was of the same opinion, Shukri replied that the case was still under investigation.
Shukri was asked when MACC was going to conclude its investigation but he could not give an exact time and requested for patience.
“It is hard for me to give an exact time because it is dependent on the witnesses, bank documents… it is hard for me to give a certain period. If I said six months, can? Is it too long?" he asked.
Both Shukri and Ahmad refused to admit there was any wrongdoing or corruption in the PKFZ scandal because the case was still under investigation.
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