PRESS STATEMENT BY:
Justice of Peace
Chairman – Social Care Foundation
SOME BN LEADERS AFRAID TO MAKE OPEN DECLARATION
It seems that instead of being embarrassed, apologetic and standing down from public office, these BN ministers are being emboldened to use the propaganda tools of their party and the mainstream media to make their misconducts look innocent. Like most Malaysians, I am appalled and find this most repulsive.
My call for Shahrizat and Awang Adek (below right)to resign from all posts in the party and the government is exactly to prevent what is happening now. I knew they would use all their resources to spin fabulous stories of how they have been victimized, and how the whole fiasco is a misunderstanding.
You can clearly see that happening when PERKASA’s Ibrahim Ali comes to Shahrizat’s defence 
To make it appear that the Chinese community also share this “aspiration” for secrecy, Nazri’s deputy, VK Liew, echoes his boss’s sentiments by saying that that it is inappropriate for the MACC to keep records of properties of ministers and deputy ministers.
That to me amounts to abusing the 1Malaysia concept to cover up for wrongdoings by government leaders. That is against the Islamic principles of “Amr Ma’aruf Nahy Mungkar” i.e. encourage righteousness and discourage evil. That it is done by the highest echelons of our government leaders is public display of arrogance of the highest order.
Let us remind ourselves that Teoh Beng Hock died over allegations of a mere RM 2,400. Ahmad Sarbaini died because of similar minor allegations, and these until today have remain unanswered. Yet, when the riches of the powerful are involved, the MACC either drag its feet or behave like eunuchs emasculated of all their powers. I ask the MACC – why the discrimination?
But I cannot stomach it if so called Chinese leaders like VK Liew speaks with a forked tongue just to please his political masters.
It is on record and for reasons best known to MACC, they had acted in a very high handed manner against Lawyer Rosli Dahlan in asking him to declare his assets whereas he had never even served in any public office. He had been a private practitioner all along and despite his innocence, he was humiliated, abused and charged just because he acted professionally to defend his client. We now have a senior UMNO Minister and his Chinese Deputy saying that MACC cannot be entitled to keep records of Ministers’ wealth. What is it that these UMNO and BN Chinese leaders are so afraid of in making an open declaration of their wealth, if all their accumulated wealth are legitimate?
As a former MACC advisory panel member, I fully support MACC Advisory Panel Chairman, Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh, over the commission’s proposal to the government as follows:
a) to obtain a copy of the declaration of assets of Cabinet members and their spouses and other family members;
b) that a copy of the declaration of assets of all members of the federal administration be given to the commission;
c) that their spouses and other family members be required to disclose their assets through a statutory declaration and a record of it be kept by the MACC.
It is most appropriate for MACC to know the assets of all who hold high public office. That is what accountability and transparency is about in the public sector. Liew is, therefore, seriously flawed in his argument that MACC’s main role is only to receive and investigate complaints on corruption in the country.
To be an effective enforcement agency, the MACC must have reliable records to enable it to gather reliable and solid evidence for a successful prosecution. If Liew, cannot understand such basic logic in the fight against corruption, it is time for him to step down or for the people to elect another more intelligent leader.
“HUMBLENESS IS GOOD VIRTUE, ARROGANCE SHALL FALL, THE MEEK WILL RULE THE WORLD”.
Tan Sri Datuk Robert Phang Miow Sin
Justice of Peace
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