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will be put in place at the Port Klang
Authority (PKA) to receive complaints from all parties including port staff, vendors, board members, and the public. A link will be placed on the PKA website for reporting a wide range of misconduct such as mismanagement, corruption, conflicts of interest, abuse of power, procurement issues, and sexual harassment. Under this policy informants' identities will be kept secret and they will be protected from retaliation. The Transport Ministry says no disciplinary action will be taken against informants who report in good faith even if their concerns later prove to be unfounded. Deliberate false reports may be punished.
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the legal action taken demonstrates the government's will to root out corruption and improve transparency. "In the end, it is about recovering as much taxpayers' money as possible and the successful prosecution of all who exploited the PKFZ project for monetary gains," Phang said. Phang, who is also a member
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency advisory board, also expressed his confidence that the government would handle this matter fairly due to Prime Minister Najib's pledge that no one would receive special protection.
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the ruling coalition, Barisan
Nasional, for 18 years and was given the title of "Tun", the highest title awarded by the federal government. He is the most senior official accused so far in the PKFZ affair. Ling pleaded "not guilty" immediately after being charged. Ling was released on RM1 million bail. If convicted he could be sentenced to up seven years in prison.
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who approved PKFZ construction, has been charged with criminal breach of trust related to RM122.3 million in expenses. Law Jenn Dong has been charged with 24 counts of cheating related to the development of the PKFZ. Law formerly worked as an engineer at the developer of the PKFZ. All four protest their innocence and their cases are moving to trial.
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Government Transformation Programme and in response to the Port Klang Free Zone's financial problems, the Malaysian Transport Ministry has adopted a "whistleblowers policy" to protect people who report corruption related to Malaysia's ports. An appointed ministry representative
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Malaysian government has pledged to arrest and prosecute anyone guilty of wrongdoing in the PKFZ affair. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said, "We will not hesitate to act against anyone and we will not protect anyone." Social Care Foundation chairman Tan Sri Robert Phang says that
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OC Phang, the former general manager of the Port Klang
Authority, has been charged with criminal breach of trust related to RM254 million in expenses. Stephen Abok, the chief operating officer of PKFZ developer Kuala Dimensi, has been charged with criminal breach of trust. Bernard Tan, the architect
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Accounts Committee met with the Port Klang Authority (PKA), because of dissatisfaction with huge cost overruns amounting to RM 3.5 billion (US$ 1.0748 billion) associated with the Port Klang Free Zone. The original cost of setting up the integrated free zone was supposed to be RM1.845 billion
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gave a soft loan of $ 1 billion to Port Klang Free Zone. In the press release, The
Ministry of Transport, Malaysia put the blame on the previous regional industrial park management company of Port Klang Free Zone, JAFZA for mismanagement. The PKFZ initial plan was to develop in two phases, covering
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land from Kuala
Dimensi Sdn Berhad at RM 25 per square foot for a total consideration of RM 1.8 billion (inclusive of interest). Kuala Dimensi made a capital gain of RM 993 million because it had purchased the land from Pulau Lumut Development Cooperative Berhad for only RM 95 million (at RM 3 per
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Port Klang is positioned to take advantage of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The KLIA Advance Cargo Center can handle one million tonnes of cargo annually with the capability to expand to 3 million tonnes per year. The center provides integrated logistics services.
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As of July 2010 five people have been arrested and face criminal charges due to misconduct in administering and financing the PKFZ. Attorney-General Abdul Ghani Patail has stated that he expects that more people will face charges in this matter.'
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incentives for research and development, training and export.
401:"Whistle-blower policy set to be used in more agencies"
377:. The Malaysian Insider. 4 January 2010. Archived from
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429:Port Klang Free Zone Integrated Free Zone
375:"PKFZ introduces whistle-blower policy"
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16:Commercial zone in Selangor, Malaysia
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656:Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy
750:Government Transformation Programme
59:The Port is also closely linked to
874:Goods and services tax in Malaysia
572:Federal Land Development Authority
51:Quay Cranes at Northport Malaysia.
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491:Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
306:DHARMENDER SINGH (7 May 2008).
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938:Political scandals in Malaysia
859:List of Malaysia states by GDP
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684:Shared Prosperity Vision 2030
567:Energy Commission of Malaysia
177:. Port Klang Authority. 2009.
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262:. Raja Petra, Malaysia Today
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308:"PwC picked to audit PKFZ"
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538:Payments Network Malaysia
562:Employees Provident Fund
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101:Price Waterhouse Coopers
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632:Malaysia Vision Valley
189:"PKFZ Press Clippings"
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544:Overnight Policy Rate
243:11 April 2008 at the
225:westportsholdings.com
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43:Transport connections
644:Port Klang Free Zone
153:Port Klang Authority
128:Whistleblower policy
93:Malaysian Government
20:Port Klang Free Zone
869:Poverty in Malaysia
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554:Government agencies
521:Banking and Finance
486:Tiger Cub Economies
465:Economy of Malaysia
143:Jebel Ali Free Zone
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159:References
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28:Port Klang
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172:"Gateway"
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