KUALA LUMPUR: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat is supportive of a task force formed by the Cabinet to look into the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) issue.
He said the move was an extension of what the ministry and the Port Klang Authority (PKA) had done and it reflected the seriousness of the Government in wanting to get to the bottom of the issue.
“I agree with the Prime Minister that we are all in the same team working towards a common goal of finding the truth,” Ong wrote in his blog www.ongteekeat.net yesterday.
Ong said he remained committed to calling for a full accountability of the PKFZ issue.
“I consider the new task force as the last lap in what has been a tedious and complicated marathon race to do what is right not for Ong Tee Keat but for the people,” he said.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that the task force would look into two aspects – whether the project was carried out in line with good governance and its future direction.
Ong said it was encouraging that the investigations had gone to another level to include the Attorney-General, the Chief Secretary and the Finance Ministry.
“To probe fully into the PKFZ, all these parties would have to be involved as the immense task cuts across several ministries and government agencies,” he said.
The Transport Ministry and the PKA had done everything in its power including making the PricewaterhouseCoopers review on the issue public.
Meanwhile, MCA secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng said the Prime Minister’s decision on set up the task force was in line with acting responsibly and good governance.
Wong also pointed out that the case involving the PKFZ was very wide and which also extended to many other ministries.
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