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‘Internal problems made us leave PR’
OSMAN SAYS:
» COUSINS NGEH AND NGA DOMINATED EXCO MEETINGS
» HE AND JAMALUDDIN WAITED 10 MONTHS HOPING FOR CHANGE IN PR
» THEY WERE NOT OFFERED POSTS AND MONEY
by Humayun Kabir
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
TAIPING: Internal problems, including
alleged obsession with power by certain
Pakatan Rakyat state executive councillors,
were the main reasons why two former
PKR assemblymen left the party to become
independents.
Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, the assem-
blyman for Changkat Jering, said he and
Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, the assemblyman
for Behrang, were unhappy with the state of
affairs in the executive council.
He said the majority of the decisions
taken at the exco meetings was made by
senior exco members Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham
and Nga Kor Ming, who “dominated” the
meetings.
Osman claimed that some decisions made
by former mentri besar Datuk Sri Moham-
mad Nizar Jamaluddin were overruled by
Ngeh and Nga, who are cousins.
He said he and Jamaluddin were
unhappy with the way the exco meetings
were conducted because the opinions of the
majority of the members were not sought
and decisions were made only by a few.
SAIFUL HIZAM MANSUR/THESUN
Osman said this at a gathering of about
100 people at Kampung Air Kuning, near
here, attended by Mentri Besar Datuk Zam-
bry Abdul Kadir yesterday.
In what is believed to be his first public
address since becoming an independent,
Osman was overcome by emotion several
times and had to pause before continuing his
20-minute speech.
He said he had always been a strong critic
of Barisan Nasional during his 10 years as a
PKR member.
He and Jamaluddin did not come to a
sudden decision to become independents
but had waited for 10 months “hoping that
a change will come in the administration of
the PR state government”.
This did not materialise and after discuss-
ing the matter with their families and friends,
they decided to become independents.
Osman said he did not leave because he
was offered posts and money, as alleged by
certain quarters, but because of his love for
the “religion and race, and the voters who
had high hopes of Pakatan Rakyat fulfilling
its election promises”.
Internal problems in PR, rather than
outside political influence, were the main
How Lye brothers lost their land
Piang Yin
points
to the
land he
and his
brother
Lai Kim
inherited.
| FRIDAY MARCH 13 2009
reason for their departure.
He said his main concern was to serve
the voters in his area and he felt he could
only do so as an independent and with the
help of BN.
Osman said he was surprised when
Jelapang assemblywoman Hee Yit Foong
also left DAP to become an independent. The
departure of the trio resulted in the collapse
of the PR state government.
Both Osman and Jamaluddin were
charged with 16 counts of corruption last
August with four others. The charges in-
cluded asking for, or accepting, bribes of be-
tween RM400 and RM100,000 between Aug
6 and 19 as incentives to help businessman
Mohamad Imran Abdullah obtain a contract
to develop 36ha in Seri Iskandar from the
Perak Tengah district council.
16.
The trial has been fixed for June 15 and
... the voters had high
Perak Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar
has also declared the three state seats of
hopes of Pakatan
Jelapang, Changkat Jering and Behrang Rakyat fulfilling its election
vacant and the three independents have
filed a suit in the Ipoh High Court claiming promises.”
that their seats are not vacant as declared by
Sivakumar.
PETALING JAYA: The affidavit submitted in court
is a testament of deceit and lies with fingers
being pointed at politicians and businessmen
working in cahoots with government servants to
cheat two brothers of their inherited land.
• Lye Piang Yin and Lai Kim were registered
as directors of Propaxis Trading Sdn and their
signatures forged;
• their identity cards were forged and the
transfer deed had mistakes –- Lye Piang Yin @
Lai Lock was spelt as Lye Phang Yin @ Lai Hock,
although the identity number was the same, the
photograph was that of a woman, while Lai Kim
was spelt as Lai Lim and his identity number
was different;
• the brothers were said to have signed the
transfer form to sell the land worth about RM17
million for only RM4 million to Propaxis, a com-
pany with a paid-up capital of RM2;
• The brothers are listed as directors of Propaxis
from March 11, 2005 – which they deny – but
were later stated in company records as hav-
ing “resigned” on Sept 13, 2005 and replaced
by Cheng Yit Sang and Yow Chee Kong – the
registered shareholders of Propaxis;
– Osman
• the shares of Cheng and Yow and their
“interest” in the Lye brothers’ land were then
transferred via a sale and purchase agreement
on Oct 11, 2005 to Lavish Land Sdn Bhd whose
directors are Datuk Mohd Amin Pipet and Noo-
riah Yahya, for RM4 million;
• On the same date, Mohd Amin and Nooriah
were appointed directors of Propaxis;
• the lawyer who attested the transfer deed,
Nur Hafizah Ismail, is not registered as an advo-
cate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.
• Ahmad Rizal Abd Hamid, the lawyer who
witnessed the share transfer between Cheng
and Yow and Mohd Amin and Nooriah, also
witnessed a fraudulent transfer of the land
belonging to ABM Holdings to Mohd Amin.
(ABM Holdings had taken an injunction against
Mohd Amin and several others, which was not
contested. The title has since been transferred
back to ABM’s name.)
» ON MONDAY: How farming land acquired
by the state for “mining” in Banting ended up
in the hands of a developer.
MCs being abused,
says MMA president
KUALA LUMPUR: There is substantial
abuse of medical certificates (MCs), says
the Malaysian Medical Association.
“This is a great source of concern
because sick leave abuses translate into
lost ringgit, man hours and an inefficient
industry,” its president, Datuk Dr Khoo
Kah Lin, says in his column in the latest
issue of the MMA bulletin.
Among the most common abuses
is to obtain sick leave to attend to per-
sonal chores, extend the period of public
holidays or annual leave, and to avoid
attending court cases.
Khoo says a recent survey by the
Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF)
had shown that employees in the private
sector took an average of 4.2 days of
medical leave annually, which is higher
than other countries.
He also notes that there has been
much debate about the authenticity of
MCs pertaining to politicians unable to
attend court hearings.
This kind of incidences had further
jeopardised the reputation of the MCs,
he says. – Bernama