Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng And MP For Bagan In Parlimaent On 3.4.2018.
I have said that I will debate with MCA Deputy President Wee Ka Siong if he contests in Bagan against me or he becomes MCA President or if he can get MCA President Liow Tiong Lai to admit that Liow is afraid of debating with me. Wee is clearly unable to do so and demonstrates Wee’s contempt of basic political etiquette and democratic decorum, that the political leaders debates each other and not against underlings. Such political etiquette and democratic decorum are accepted rules in democracies such as the United States, where the Presidential nominee debate with each other and not against the Vice-Presidential nominee?
Wee Ka Siong cannot hide the shame of MCA President Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai who is not as brave as his predecessor, Tan Sri Dr Chua Soi Lek. Liow has refused to debate with me on the two issues on 1MDB as well as the Penang tunnel and 3 main highway issue. By repeating his willingness to debate with me, Wee is only highlighting the shame of Liow not daring to debate with me. Is Wee doing some opportunistic self-promotion to put Liow in bad light in the eyes of MCA party members?
However I am willing to bend over backwards to allow Wee to do more opportunistic self-promotion by agreeing to debate with Wee, if Wee can firstly name the Penang state government leader who received tens of millions of ringgit in corruption money. Despite Wee’s lies alleging corruption in the project, up to now Wee dare not name which Penang state government leader had accepted tens of million of ringgit in corruption money.
In contrast, Pakatan has named Jho Low and Malaysian Official No. 1 (M01) as the direct beneficiaries of stolen 1MDB funds involving billions of ringgit. How such stolen money from 1MDB is spent is proven by the RM1 billion super-yacht seized in Bali, seizure of RM430 million of cash deposits in Swiss banks by the Swiss government and RM2.6 billion cash deposited in the personal bank account of MO1.
Wee continues to lie that when the tender for the tunnel and 3 main highways was awarded, the minimum paid-up capital of RM381 million was not complied with by the Penang Tender Committee headed by the Penang State Secretary. Even the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commisson(MACC) does not dispute that the RM381 million minimum paid-up capital requirement was fully complied with. In contrast, there is no such investigation by MACC on 1MDB for has violating and breaking all rules, until United States attorney-general Jeff Sessions described 1MDB as “kleptocracy at its worst”,
Similarly Wee lies that to finance the project, the Penang state government sold the land below the market value of RM457 per square feet(psf). As the project was awarded by open tender, the land was sold at RM 1,300 psf which is 3 times the market value. This contrast with 70 acres of Tun Razak Exchange land being sold to 1MDB without open tender, for only RM 64 psf when the market value is RM2,700 psf. Buying for RM194 million when the market value was RM8.2 billion allowed 1MDB to record an unholy gain of RM8 billion.
Will Wee show the courage to name the Penang state government alleged to have received tens of millions of ringgit? Failure to do so will prove that this is another example of Wee spreading fake news?
LIM GUAN ENG
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民主行动党秘书长兼峇眼区国会议员林冠英在2018年4月3日在国会发表声明：
如果魏家祥可以点名哪一个槟城领袖在海底隧道及三条大道工程中收取回扣，我会与他辨论一马公司丑闻及海底隧道课题。
我已经列出我愿意与魏家祥辨论的条件， 如果马华署理会长魏家祥来峇眼竞选，对垒我，又或者他成为马华总会长，又或者他让马华总会长廖中莱承认他不敢与我辨论。很明显地，魏家祥做不到，也显示魏家祥藐视基本的政治及民主礼仪及越权，向来只见政治领袖之间的“王对王”辩论，而不是以下犯上，或要党魁与非党魁辩论。这也是一些民主国家最基本的政治礼仪如：美国，总统候选人只与总统候选人辩论，而不是叫总统候选人与副总统候选人辩论。
魏家祥不应以下犯上，让他的马华总会长廖中莱那么难堪，让他看起来不像上一任总会长丹斯里蔡细历那么勇敢。廖中莱也拒绝针对一马丑闻、海底隧道及三条大道课题与我辨论。魏家祥一直强调他要与我辩论，魏家祥只是一再突显了廖中莱不敢与我辩论。魏家祥是不是乘机自我宣传，破坏廖中莱在马华党员面前的形象？
然而，若魏家祥首先能够点名到底是哪一位槟城政府的领袖收取了数以百万计的贿款，那我愿意委屈自己，接受他的辩论挑战，让他有更多机会自我宣传。尽管魏家祥撒谎声称是项计划有人涉贪，但是截至目前为止，他依然不敢点名到底是哪一位槟城政府的领袖收取了数以百万计的贿款。
相反地，在一马公司丑闻课题上，希盟各领袖敢敢点名刘特佐及大马一号官员涉及盗取国家数十亿令吉的一马公司丑闻，直接受益。这些从一马公司被盗取的钱，已证 实花在日前于峇厘岛被充公的价值10亿令吉豪华游艇、瑞士政府扣押在瑞士银行的4亿3000万令吉，以及汇入大马一号官员个人户头的26亿令吉。
魏家祥谎话连篇，指由槟州秘书所领导的槟州招标委员会不遵守规定，因为海底隧道与三条大道工程的得标单位并无达到最低缴足资本3亿8100万令吉的规定。然而，就算是反贪会介入也无争议，因为投标者已经遵守最低缴足资本3亿8100万令吉的规定。相反的，对于破坏制并违反法规的一马公司丑闻，反贪会却视而不见，以致美国总检察长杰弗形容一马公司丑闻为“最糟糕的盗贼统治”。
同样的，魏家祥也谎称槟州政府为了资助该工程，以低于市场价格每平方英尺457令吉的价钱卖地。事实上这项工程是在公开招标下进行的，有关土地是以每平方英尺1300令吉，即高于市场价格的3倍卖出。相反的，一马公司丑闻在没有公开招标下，以每平方英尺64令吉的低价获得敦拉萨国际贸易中心70亩的土地，有关土地每平方英尺的市场价格其实为2700令吉。这片土地市场价原本需要超过82亿令吉，现在只需要1亿9400万令吉就能得到，一马公司丑闻偷龙转凤获得了近80亿令吉。
魏家祥可否展示勇气，指出哪个槟州政府领袖收取了上千万令吉？如果他无法这么做，那是不是再次证明了魏家祥又再制造假新闻？
林冠英