Press Statement by Lim Guan Eng on 30 Jun 2016:<\/p>\n
The 2 charges against me under the Malaysian anti-corruption Commission Act (MACC) and Penal Code for corrupt practice is a clear act of political persecution motivated solely to destroy me as Penang Chief Minister. I had explained to MACC that the purchase of the bungalow from Ms Phang Li Koon is above-board, an arms-length transaction on a willing buyer and seller basis without any coercion or special favours granted from me or the state government.<\/p>\n
Ms Phang is a friend of my wife and has no active business relationship with the state government. She is not a housing developer and the bungalow she sold me for RM2.8 million was built in the 1980s.
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There have been attempts to draw similarities between my case and former Selangor Menteri Besar, Mohd Khir Toyo. This is wrong. Unlike Khir Toyo\u2019s case, Ms Phang did not make a loss of RM5 million but recorded a small profit of RM300,000-00 from her original purchase price of RM2.5 million. Unlike Khir Toyo\u2019s case, Ms Phang is not a housing developer that has to be reliant on state government to continue her business.<\/p>\n
On the second charge relating to the approval of Magnificent Emblem Sdn. Bhd. (MESB)\u2019s application to re-zone its land from agricultural to residential, MESB\u2019s did not succeed in re-zoning its property to residential. The property is still remain an agricultural land. What benefit is there to MESB when it could not get its re-zoning approval to agricultural when it could not get final approval by Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang.<\/p>\n
I am also puzzled by what started off as a vicious political attack on me selling out Taman Manggis land meant for the poor has came to nothing. Why all the hype about Taman Manggis land by BN Ministers then? Clearly there is nothing wrong with Taman Manggis land sale and instead I am charged for making a decision for MESB that finally did not gain them any benefit.<\/p>\n
Sadly there is no corruption with huge RM50 billion debts or RM2.6 billion or RM4 billion in your personal bank accounts. But it is now corruption even when the alleged corrupt party did not gain any benefit.<\/p>\n
I will not submit to such dirty and vicious political plays to destroy my reputation or Penang\u2019s image as the cleanest and best-run state in Malaysia. We are proud of our open competitive tenders and proud of our accolades from Transparency International and the annual Auditor-General\u2019s Reports. We will not allow BN to throw mud to hide its own corruption scandals. We will prove our innocence in court.<\/p>\n
We will fight to prove that the Pakatan government is a people centric government that upholds its principles of integrity, justice, freedom and democracy. There is still hope for a Malaysia that is clean and free from corruption, abuse of power and oppression. We must not allow BN to steal our children\u2019s future as they have stolen ours.<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/p>\n
What type of country do we want our children to grow up when those who gained benefits and donations amounting to billions of ringgit are not charged for corruption whilst those who gained no benefit are prosecuted for corruption.<\/p>\n
BN can prosecute me but will not kill my passion to free Malaysia from corruption.<\/p>\n
BN can victimize me but will not crush my spirit to free Malaysia from those who steal our children’s future.<\/p>\n
BN can even humiliate me by unnecessary detaining me overnight but will not succeed in changing white to black and black to white, right cannot become wrong and wrong cannot become right.<\/p>\n
BN will not break my party’s unity – we stand together as leaders and members to battle for reforms towards a better Malaysia with freedom, justice and democracy.<\/p>\n
If BN feels that they can bend or break me by arresting me, they are wrong! I will die standing than live on bended knees. A free Malaysia, a fair Malaysia, a prosperous Malaysia for all is worth fighting for!<\/p>\n
LIM GUAN ENG<\/p>\n
——BM Version —<\/p>\n
Dua pertuduhan terhadap saya di bawah Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia dan Kanun Keseksaan atas dakwaan rasuah adalah tindakan penganiayaan politik yang dilaksanakan dengan tujuan menghancurkan saya sebagai Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang. Saya telah menjelaskan kepada SPRM bahawa pembelian rumah daripada Cik Phang Li Koon adalah dilakukan dengan tulus hati, antara individu yang tidak mempunyai kepentingan perniagaan, atas dasar kerelaan penjual dan pembeli tanpa sebarang paksaan atau sebarang balasan istimewa daripada saya mahupun kerajaan negeri.<\/p>\n
Cik Phang adalah rakan isteri saya dan tidak mempunyai sebarang hubungan perniagaan yang aktif dengan kerajaan negeri. Beliau bukan pemaju perumahan dan rumah yang dijual kepada saya untuk harga RM2.8 juta telah dibina pada tahun 1980\u2019an.<\/p>\n
Telah ada usaha untuk menyamakan kes saya dengan kes bekas menteri besar Selangor, Mohd Khir Toyo. Ini sama sekali salah. Tidak seperti kes Khir Toyo, Cik Phang tidak rugi sehingga RM5 juta, malah memperoleh keuntungan kecil sebanyak RM300 ribu daripada harga asal RM2.5 juta yang dibayarnya. Tidak seperti kes Khir Toyo, Cik Phang bukanlah pemaju perumahan yang haru bergantung kepada kerajaan negeri untuk meneruskan perniagaannya.<\/p>\n
Tentang pertuduhan kedua berkait kelulusan permohonan Magnificent Emblem Sdn. Bhd. (MESB) untuk menukar status tanahnya daripada tanah pertanian kepada tanah perumahan; MESB tidak berjaya melakukan pertukaran status hartanahnya kepada tanah perumahan. Hartanah tersebut masih kekal sebagai tanah pertanian. Apa faedah yang didapati MESB apabila ia tidak mendapat kelulusan pertukaran status terbabit apabila ia tidak mendapat izin akhir daripada Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang.<\/p>\n
Saya juga hairan dengan apa yang bermula sebagai serangan politik jahat terhadap saya kononnya menjual tanah Taman Manggis yang sepatutnya diberikan kepada orang miskin akhirnya berakhir tanpa sebarang penghujung. Apa guna menteri BN kecoh-kecoh tentang Taman Manggis? Jelas sekali tidak ada apa-apa yang salah dengan penjualan tanah Taman Manggis, dan sebaliknya saya didakwa kerana membuat keputusan bagi MESB yang akhirnya tidak pun memberi mereka sebarang faedah.<\/p>\n
Malangnya tidak ada pun tuduhan rasuah apabila wujud keterhutangan sehingga RM50 bilion atau apabila wang berjumlah RM2.6 bilion atau RM4 bilion masuk ke dalam akaun peribadi anda. Tetapi boleh pula wujud rasuah apabila orang yang dituduh korup tidak pula mendapat sebarang faedah.<\/p>\n
Saya tidak akan tunduk terhadap permainan politik jahat dan kotor yang bertujuan menghancurkan reputasi saya mahupun imej negeri Pulau Pinang sebagai negeri yang paling bersih dan paling baik urus tadbirnya di Malaysia. Kami bangga dengan pelaksanaan tender terbuka dan bangga dengan pujian daripada Transparency International dan laporan tahunan Ketua Audit Negara. Kita tidak akan biarkan BN untuk cuba memalit lumpur ke muka kita demi menyembunyikan skandal rasuahnya sendiri. Kita akan buktikan bahawa kita tidak bersalah di mahkamah.<\/p>\n
Kita akan berjuang untuk membuktikan bahawa kerajaan Pakatan adalah kerajaan yang mendahulukan rakyat, dan menjulang tinggi prinsip-prinsip integriti, keadilan, kebebasan dan demokrasi. Masih ada harapan untuk Malaysia ang bersih dan bebas daripada rasuah, penyalahgunaan kuasa dan penindasan. Kita tidak boleh biarkan BN merompak masa depan anak cucu kita, sebagaimana mereka telah merompak masa depan kita.<\/p>\n
Penutup<\/p>\n
Negara jenis apa yang kita mahu untuk anak cucu kita nanti, apabila mereka yang meraih untung dan derma berbilion ringgit tidak dituduh rasuah, sedangkan mereka yang tidak mendapat faedah didakwa rasuah.<\/p>\n
BN boleh dakwa saya, tetapi tidak akan dapat membunuh iltizam saya demi membebaskan Malaysia daripada rasuah.<\/p>\n
BN boleh memangsakan saya, tetapi tidak akan menghancurkan semangat saya untuk membebaskan saya daripada mereka yang merompak masa depan anak cucu kita.<\/p>\n
BN malah boleh menghina saya dengan mengurung saya semalaman tanpa sebab, tetapi mereka tidak akan berjaya menukar putih menjadi hitam, dan hitam menjadi putih. Yang benar tidak akan menjadi salah, dan yang salah tidak akan menjadi benar.<\/p>\n
BN tidak akan dapat menghancurkan kekuatan parti saya – pemimpin dan ahlinya berdiri bersama untuk berjuang ke arah penambahbaikan demi Malaysia yang lebih baik, dengan keadilan, kebebasan dan demokrasi.<\/p>\n
Jika BN rasa ia boleh mematahkan semangat saya dengan menahan saya, mereka salah sama sekali! Saya lebih rela mati daripada hidup melutut. Malaysia yang bebas, adil dan makmur untuk semua mesti diperjuangkan!<\/p>\n
LIM GUAN ENG<\/p>\n
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Press Statement by Lim Guan Eng on 30 Jun 2016: The 2 charges against me under the Malaysian anti-corruption Commission Act (MACC) and Penal Code for corrupt practice is a clear act of political persecution motivated solely to destroy me as Penang Chief Minister. I had explained to MACC that the purchase of the bungalow …<\/p>\n