Abuse of Power - 2

Abuse of Power - 2

As earlier promised, here's more proof about Wee Ka Siong abusing his powers.

We all know about how Wee Ka Siong wants to sue MACC commissioner Tan Sri Robert Phang for remarks he made over a talkshow in Bernama TV in January.

The Deputy Education Minister ( pic above ) who is closely-linked to the PKFZ scandal had to find ways to stop the MACC commissioner from further spilling the beans on him. He was hoping a threat to sue would cow the old man into silence but that was not to be.

The tainted MCA Youth chief even sent an intimidating email to the Astro producers by throwing his weight around as a Deputy Minister, despite his earlier denial. Here is the proof (click on image to enlarge):

In the email he sent to the show's producers, he used an intimidating tone aimed at bullying the producers into cancelling the show. Worse still, he signed off as Deputy Education Minister although he had nothing at all to do with Bernama, which falls under the Ministry of Information. THAT'S intimidation.

Remember how he calls up the headmaster of the school Tan Sri Robert Phang's son goes to? Wee Ka Siong uses the same modus operandi. Strong-arm tactics. Intimidation. Bullying. That's the only way Tiong King Sing's lap dog knows!

Phang, The Star can comment on Wee, PKFZ

UPDATED

By Clara Chooi

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — MCA Youth chief Datuk Wee Ka Siong’s chief critic and The Star newspaper are free to comment on him and the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal pending the hearing of a defamation suit this April 5.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission panel adviser and Social Care Foundation chairman Tan Sri Robert Phang Miow Sin said today that as there was no order barring him from doing so, he would exercise his full right without fear or favour.

“I will challenge him (Wee) all the way. There is no fear. As an MP, it is his statutory duty to come forward to the MACC for investigation; the MACC must be supported all the way in its fight against corruption,” he said at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

The KL High Court today fixed April 5 for the suit as well as to hear the inter parte injunction to bar Phang and Star Publications (M) Bhd from making and publishing defamatory statements linking Wee to the scandal.

The court also decided it would hear Wee’s application for an interim injunction for a gag order on Phang and Star Publications and applications made by defendants to set aside the earlier ex parte injunction for a similar order that was granted to Wee on Jan 22.

Phang’s counsel Gobind Singh said that the ex parte injunction, after having been effective for 21 days, was no longer valid as Wee had earlier failed in his bid to extend it.

“This means that as of now, there is no restraint on either party to speak on this matter until the court makes its decision on April 5,” he told reporters outside the court this morning.

The door is open for Wee bashing and whacking ! Come one , come all , let join hands together to rid this pest from MCA !

Phang to settle 'unfinished business'

Lets wait for wednesday and see what tricks the fat monkey will come up with this time !

Saturday, 27 February 2010 00:00

KUALA LUMPUR - Following a recent legal victory that freed him from being muzzled, Robert Phang is set to settle some "unfinished business" next week.

The 70-year-old philantrophist intends to pick up where he had left off at the Maya Hotel in Jalan Ampang here on Jan 21, following an ex-parte injunction that was dramatically handed to him during a press conference there.

"There's more to come. We'll tend to unfinished business," Phang told Malaysian Mirror.

Phang, who has been in a war of words with MCA Youth chief Wee Ka Siong over the PKFZ scandal, said he will continue to speak on the matter, despite being sued by Wee.

He intends to hold a fresh press conference at the hotel on Wednesday.

Another brush with political drama

At the media meeting on Jan 21, representatives from the law firm of Mah-Kamariyah and Philip Koh stopped Phang 15 minutes into the conference and handed him an ex-parte injunction. The injunction was effective for 21 days.

However, on Feb 11, High Court Judge Prasad Sandosham Abraham dismissed Wee’s application for a temporary extension (ad interim) of the injunction, foiling the MCA Youth chief's legal bid to prevent Phang and Star Publications – which was named as second defendant – from further publishing alleged defamatory statements linking him (Wee) to the Port Klang scandal.

Basically, there is no order restraining Phang from speaking until March 10, when the court will hear the inter parte injunction between the parties.

Phang is represented by Gobind Singh Deo and Ang Hean Leng, while Wee, who is also deputy Education Minister, is represented by Ben Chan.

The aborted press conference was not Phang's first brush with political drama played out publicly.

On Jan 11, a live interview on Bernama TV ended prematurely after producers pulled the plug on a talk show, in which Phang was a guest.

Forty minutes in, producers of the Hello Malaysia talk show apparently pulled the plug when Phang started mentioning Wee and the PKFZ scandal.

An admission by Wee

Phang, in his capacity as consultative and anti-corruption panelist of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, maintains that it is his "statutory duty" to urge the authorities to step up its probe into the PKFZ scandal.

This came after Wee admitted that his former consultancy firm Hijau Sekitar Sdn Bhd had been engaged by Wijaya Baru Sdn Bhd to produce a feasibility study for the expansion of Port Klang.

Wee said his former company was only tasked to carry out a conceptual study for Port Klang and that no fee was charged.

Wijaya Baru is owned by Tiong King Sing, the CEO of PKFZ turnkey developer Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd.

'Nothing dramatic in what I say'

Phang, who chairs the Social Care Foundation, said he still "urges" Wee to appear as a witness in the invesgations into the financial scandal, which at last count amounted to RM4.6bil in losses.

Asked on Wee's legal team's failed bid for an interim injunction, Phang said, "There was nothing dramatic in what I was saying, what I had been repeatedly been saying.

"I was calling for Wee to step forward after he admitted that he served on the board of a company that was linked to the scandal."

"In any case, I will continue to speak as my previous encounter with the press was interrupted," said Phang.

On how he felt about the injunction being overturned, Phang said: “We want people to come forward to assist the PKFZ investigations.

"There was nothing illegal in what I was doing. Invesgations must be done thoroughly,” added Phang. - Malaysian Mirror

Why gag if you Wee are innocent just sue R. Phang lah !!

Let Robert Phang finish his speech and ask your lawyers to sue him , unless of course you are shivering up to your bones that he will disclose more info about your dealings in PKFZ . I won't be surprised if you are already shitting inside your pants . Maybe the sight of dead student bodies or visiting too many funerals lately has got to you , seeing yourself politically in dire straits . Is there anything slanderous or defamatory in calling you ‘bully’, ‘liar’ or ‘coward’.” Only guilty ones will resort to such stupidity , doing a wrong to correct another wrong won't make a right .

Wee’s lawyers gag MACC advisor

Wee could be a important witness, says Phang. — file pic

UPDATED

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — A scheduled press conference by MACC panel advisor, Tan Sri Robert Phang was abruptly cut short when lawyers representing MCA Youth Chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong barged into the room to serve a court injunction on him.

The purpose of the press conference was, according to Phang, to “urge” Wee to come forward and assist with the on-going investigations into the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ).

However, Wee’s lawyers served Phang with the court injunction, barring him from carrying on with the press conference.

According to the injunction, Phang was barred from “having a press conference from the date of Jan 22 and after with the similar agenda of calling or suggesting that the plaintiff (Wee) was a ‘bully’, ‘liar’ or ‘coward’.”

The words used were in reference to a media invitation sent out a day earlier for the press conference.

The injunction is effective for 21 days.

Phang claimed that he had not accused the MCA man of anything, but only said that Wee could prove to be an “important” witness.

“Since day one, all I have said is that Wee could be an important and useful witness for the police and MACC’s probe into the nation’s biggest ever project scandal, because of his admission that his former consultancy firm, Hijau Sekitar Sdn Bhd, was engaged by Wijaya Baru Sdn Bhd to produce a feasibility study of port expansion in Port Klang.”

Wee had reportedly said that he had resigned from the consultancy firm.

Phang carried on with the press conference for a few minutes before stopping.

“I cannot proceed, otherwise I’ll be in contempt of court... take the lawyer’s picture, take it,” said Phang to reporters.

Meanwhile, Wee expressed his gratitude and thanked the High Court for granting the injunction against Phang.

“I was informed of this intended press conference last night… my lawyers filed [for] the injunction order this morning,” said Wee to reporters at Wisma MCA here, shortly after chairing the MCA Youth Wing central committee meeting.

He declined to comment any further on the matter, stating that the matter was still under sub judice (awaiting judicial determination).

Gagging Phang's corruption talk

They should have just gone and get some parrots and train them to say what they want said and put the parrots on live TV.

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Terence Fernandez as we well know is deputy editor at English daily The Sun. Recently he tells us of back room drama, on air distractions and commercial break efforts to steer discussions (of a ‘live’ talk show on TV) in particular direction.

Terence who is known for his strong anti-corruption stand was recently invited by Bernama TV to be a panelist of the channel’s Hello Malaysia' live talk show.

Also on the panel was Tan Sri Robert Phang, Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) advisory committee member. The topic of discussion was “Graft and Corruption- The Diabolical Challenges Ahead- a topic very close to Terence’s heart so to speak.

In his Down2Earth column in the Sun newspaper a few days ago, Terence wrote how the host of the talk show gestured to him to tone down as the host had received instructions from the producers to control Terence each time a statement is deemed controversia” was made. And as discussions continued said Terence, “we kept cutting to commercial breaks”. That apart viewers’ opinions via phone ins were not allowed to go through.

According to Terence he later discovered there were instructions to cancel the call-ins due to potential adverse remarks of callers. There were even instructions to pull the plug off on the programme half an hour after it went on air. And repeats of the show were cancelled. A top management meeting said Terence was also scheduled to review the handling of the show.

Terence penned off by saying this and I quote verbatim: “ But one thing is for sure, as I told 70 year old Phang ( MACC advisory committee member) on air, we won’t see the kind of changes to fighting graft that we want in his lifetime. And if even an open dialogue on the topic can elicit attempts to stifle the discussion and muzzle the media, the challenges ahead are diabolical indeed”.

How true.If one is scared of unfavourable comments and opinions why have the discussion live on TV in the first place? Why invite panelists who are brave to speak their mind sincerely? End of story. Everybody happy?

Phang: Why is Wee jittery over PKFZ?

Friday, 15 January 2010 14:19

KUALA LUMPUR - MACC panel member Robert Phang has asked Wee Ka Siong why he is offended by statements linking him to the multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) fiasco. In a statement released today, Phang said the MCA Youth chief "has even threatened to take legal action over statements he had made on the matter. No accusations made "I did not accuse him of benefiting from PKFZ. Wee admitted that his former consultancy firm Hijau Sekitar Sdn Bhd was engaged by Wijaya Baru Sdn Bhd to produce a feasibility study of port expansions in Klang." Phang asked, "Isn't PKFZ part of Port Klang? Isn't PKFZ under the Port Klang Authority? Phang (right) says he is not accusing Wee of benefiting from the PKFZ project. "Isn't Wijaya Baru owned by tycoon and Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing who also controls PKFZ's turnkey contractor Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd?" Phang clarified that what he was saying was "that Wee could be an important and useful witness for the police and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)'s probe into the nation's biggest ever project scandal." "Not only has Wee admitted having business deals with Tiong, he has yet to clarify his business relationship with Tiong," he said. Accountable to electorate Phang aslo said that Wee, as an MP and deputy minister, was obliged to observe transparency and clarify doubts that arise in any issue, be it the PKFZ or others. "You (Wee) are accountable to the electorate. "The police and MACC cannot be seen doing a lax job in its pursuit to bring to book those who have plundered taxpayers' money via the PKFZ project," said Phang. He said the authorities must pursue every possible link or lead, not necessary leading to the prosecution of a witness. "And this includes Wee," said Phang in the statement. He said that the PKFZ fiasco has affected the government and nation's integrity in the international investment arena. "The actions taken by the government and the final outcome of the probe will determine whether foreign investors will continue to have confidence in Malaysia as a premier business destination, said Phang. "The government, therefore, must allow the police or MACC to act against anyone, including those holding high office. Phang also pointed out that Wee has been saying that he had no basis to comment on issues affecting MCA leaders because he was not a party member. My comment : I am shocked that Wee can say that just because people like you and others who are non MCA members have no right to criticise or comment on him . I am further shocked that he has not and refrained from saying this to William Cheng the ACCCIM big mouth who speaks with his foot in his mouth and who I believe is also a non MCA member but happens to be Liow's por lam pah . 'Shocked by lack of understanding' "I am shocked by his lack of understanding in the relationship between a political party like MCA and the citizens who every five years elect their leaders," he said. "If he doesn't like my views, that is his right. But as a citizen, I have every right to comment and state my stand on issues, especially political, afflicting the nation," said Phang. He said he need not be a member of any political party to cast his vote in a general election. "Wee is living off taxpayers' money and therefore he must look after the interest of taxpayers. "My humble role as a senior citizen and as a member of the MACC advisory panel makes it even more important for me to ensure the MACC is a credible watchdog for the voters," said Phang, who is also Social Care Foundation chairman. Phang asked "Wee to display more leadership quality and transparency on issues of public interest instead of showing contempt and disrespect to the elders who may not share his views." Wee this is not England ! In case you are not aware of English laws , any would be burglars or thieves in England and who gets injured while attempting or in the act of committing buglary can sue the owner of the house who may or may not be around at the time of the burglary .

Thank You Tan Sri Robert Phang for speaking on our behalf

Cheng, you owe a lot of people

an apology

IT was most unsavoury for Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCIM) president Tan Sri William Cheng to drag the Chinese business community into the MCA political arena.

Taking a combative stand against MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, he has broken the cardinal rule of remaining neutral.

Never in its history has the ACCIM taken a political stance, siding any faction in political battle.

ACCIM’s role is to take care of the business community and to speak up against wrongdoings, and fighting corrupt practices that affect the country’s business climate.

I am shocked that Cheng, whom I have known for decades, has involved himself and the ACCIM in politics at a time when it should play the role of mediator for the Chinese community.

It was only about two months ago when I had to persuade him to mediate between the warring factions of the 60-year-old Chinese political party. Cheng declined, saying businessmen should remain apolitical.

I was therefore surprised when I heard about Cheng’s tirade against MCA and its president.

I was then in New York as a member of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s Foreign Direct Investment delegation when Cheng accused Ong of doing nothing for the Chinese community since becoming president in October last year. He also described Ong as a non-performer.

Ong, being Chinese-educated, has been in touch with Chinese guilds and associations since his days as MCA Youth chief in the 1980s.

After being elected president, Ong made it a point to lead by example — to fight corruption and injustice not only in society but also in business.

He could have chosen an easy life by ignoring the mounting woes of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) multibillion-ringgit fiasco. But he chose to expose the irregularities and recover RM1.64bil in taxpayers’ money.

Instead of focusing on this noble fight against graft, a big headache for investors and businessmen too, Cheng chose to take sides and confuse the issues afflicting the Chinese community and the nation in general.

Why he changed his stance, only God and he will know.

I wonder whether Cheng has been misled, or has he decided to venture into his own political-and-business agenda, using ACCIM for reasons best known to himself.

Despite being a political leader under siege, Ong returned from London last week with a hard-fought seat for Malaysia in the influential International Maritime Organisation.

MCA’s current situation is getting more confusing daily. Cheng should not use ACCIM to further confuse the situation which can only cause critical damage to a party that has represented and fought for the rights of the Chinese community, and Malaysians in general, since the country’s independence.

Tan Sri, please get your facts and priorities right. Don’t deviate and confuse.

I pray that Cheng has not been influenced by those with vested interests to subvert the healing process of the MCA. He owes an explanation to the Chinese community and rakyat for his shocking and unsubstantiated outbursts against the MCA.

TAN SRI ROBERT PHANG,

Social Care Foundation chairman,

Kuala Lumpur.

Phang dares Wee and Chew



















Humpty Dumpty and Chewy MeFunk


Phang dares Wee and Chew to an open forum

PETALING JAYA: Chinese community leader Tan Sri Robert Phang has challenged MCA leaders Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong and Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun to participate in an open forum to discuss the party crisis.

Phang said he would arrange the time, date and venue for Dr Wee and Chew to meet with the Chinese community and group leaders.

Dr Wee is the party Youth chief, while Chew is the Wanita MCA chairman.

“The duties of MCA leaders are to ensure and protect the interest of the Chinese community.

"Wee Ka Siong thinks that he is the boss of the Chinese community, rather than one who works for the betterment of the Chinese community".

“It is normal for the two to be questioned or criticised by the community leaders,” said the Social Care Foundation chairman.

He added that the two must accept his challenge to interact with Chinese community leaders.

On Chew’s comment that he (Phang) should not criticise because he did not understand the current party crisis, Phang said:

“I am part of the Chinese community and I have the absolute right to criticise and make suggestions.”

Brutus Wee and Chewy , please show us you have balls to accept the invitation otherwise you are a good for nothing scroundrel with only one exception , and that is you are a professional back stabber , must have learnt from Jack The Ripper .

“It is normal for the two to be questioned or criticised by the community leaders,” said the Social Care Foundation chairman. That is perfectly , 100 percent correct . As politicians wanting the support of the community , you have to hear what the community wants or be questioned . Not the other way round or have your head grown so big that you have become a humpty dumpty ?

Fishes needs water to survive , when out of water they will have to go back to water for their survival , similarly , all politicians needs to go back to the community or to their electorate to get their support and votes .

Looks like you two lovers are so deeply in love and inseparable that both of you have become blinded .

Humpty Dumpty sees Red

Humpty Dumpty sat on a throne ,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the King's horses and all the King's men

Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again .

KUALA LUMPUR - Wee Ka Siong has come out with guns blazing against Robert Phang (lower right) for saying he was to blame for getting MCA president Ong Tee Keat into a pickle.

He denied the Social Care Foundation chairman’s claim that he had arranged the initial flights on private jet planes owned by a company embroiled in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) debacle.

“I know that he wants to support the president but he does not have to make baseless accusations,” the MCA Youth chief told reporters in Parliament.

"I have said that I respect any individual who would like to support, openly or secretly, any leaders but to criticise an innocent person is not ethical."

Lies, all lies

If Phang, as a party outsider, was interested in helping MCA, he should become a party delegate, said Wee who questioned the community leader's motive in criticising him and the party’s women chief Chew Mei Fun.

"When he becomes a delegate, then he can vote me out.”

In denying that he was a puppet master in an alleged third force in the MCA crisis, Wee said he was the target of a smear tactic .

He said defending himself against attacks should not be misconstrued as masterminding attacks against rivals. - Malaysian Mirror

The Old and Wiser

Dr M: Fresh polls only to make MCA weaker

PUTRAJAYA (Nov 2, 2009) : MCA holding fresh polls will only divide the party and make it weaker, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

"Because the people who lose will not be reconciled. So in the end you will have a weaker party," he told reporters after witnessing a collaboration signing ceremony between three companies - Mega Signet Sdn Bhd, Return 2 Green Sdn Bhd and Bio Green Bags Sdn Bhd - here today.

He said the problem now in the MCA, MIC or Umno was jostling for leadership positions.

"They are not thinking about the party, the party is just a horse on which they ride. They think that by associating themselves with a political party, they can get something in return," he said.

Mahathir was asked on reports in newspapers yesterday that Wanita MCA wanted MCA to hold fresh polls.

He said splits were happening in political parties because their leaders were not interested in the country or the interests of their respective parties.

Meanwhile

Phang challenges

Wee and Chew to resign from party

KUALA LUMPUR: Community leader Tan Sri Robert Phang has challenged MCA Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong and Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun to resign if they wished to continue condemning the party president.

The Social Care Foundation chairman said both Dr Wee and Chew should not criticise Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat while they were still in the party.

“If they do not agree with the president, the right thing for them to do is to resign so that they can continue to criticise (the party and the president),” he told a press conference here yesterday.

Phang said various leaders from the Chinese community were interested to hold a dialogue with Dr Wee to find out why he and certain quarters were against the greater unity plan as announced by Ong.

“Dr Wee and Chew should open a forum to clarify their status as ‘traitors in the party’ and why they are against the plan when there is a possibility that the party will be united under the proposal,” he said.

He said deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai should also come forward and make his stand clear if he was in the same team with Dr Wee and Chew.

On the greater unity plan, he said it should be given time to be implemented as suggested by former deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

“If it does not work out, the party should call for a fresh election,” he said.

Phang said Dr Chua, who was elected at the party election last year, represented 49% of the central delegates and his “strong voice” should not be ignored.

It’s unthinkable for a tainted man to lead MCA,

KUALA LUMPUR: It is unthinkable for a tainted leader – and by his own admission, too – to become the MCA president, said community leader Tan Sri Robert Phang.

“The Chinese community will also feel its future and welfare will never be protected or enhanced by a leader with a tainted record,” he said.

The Social Care Foundation chairman was referring to Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, the MCA deputy president who was recently suspended for four years by the MCA central committee.

Phang added that “morality is definitely a very important fundamental requisite part of political leadership.”

Wise words: Phang appealling to all MCA delegates to do away with emotion, exercise prudence and due diligence in exercising their votes.

“What affects MCA will certainly affect Barisan Nasional,” he added.

The future and welfare of the Chinese community, said Phang, would also be at stake should Dr Chua become MCA president.

The party would always be subject to blackmail and intimidation by members of the public and other political parties should they choose a “tainted” person to be its leader, he added.

Phang said the five proposed resolutions submitted by Dr Chua’s camp for the Oct 10 extraordinary general meeting (EGM) were well constructed.

“Dr Chua has said many times he was never, and is still not, interested in becoming the party president or a Cabinet member.

“However, it has become very clear that the five resolutions are well engineered and if they are passed, party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat would have no choice but to step down,” he said, adding that Dr Chua would automatically take over from Ong.

He said such a scenario would definitely create anxiety for the Chinese community and cause the central delegates to be affected.

Phang also called on Dr Chua to retire from politics permanently.

“If this decision is taken, I’m sure it will go down in history that you have further contributed and become a tremendous helping hand to the party by not disrupting its machinery.

Phang appealed to all MCA delegates not to be emotional, exercise prudence and due diligence when casting their votes at the EGM.

In late 2007, copies of the DVD, believed to be of a secret recording of Dr Chua and his partner engaging in sex, were circulated in Johor.

Subsequently, Dr Chua admitted that he was the person in the DVD and resigned from all government and party posts.

‘Tainted’ person not suitable to lead MCA

































This is my response above

Friday, 18 September 2009 12:54

KUALA LUMPUR – It is not suitable for a person with a “tainted” image to lead the MCA, Social Care Foundation chairman Robert Phang told Sin Chew Daily in an interview.

He said no Chinese would ever want to see a “blemished” person helming a political party which represents about five million Chinese in the country.

“This will result in the party being looked down upon, bullied or tied up in its administration,” he said.

The cruel fact




Phang (left) believed the majority among the Chinese community shared his views.

In the same interview, he commended sacked MCA deputy president Dr Chua Soi Lek for admitting his mistake following the sex-video scandal.

He, however, said the cruel fact was that the scandal had “left a stain which could never be cleansed.”

Phang said Chua would make a huge contribution in salvaging the MCA if he was willing to “sacrifice” himself.