FTZ scandal 自由贸易区丑闻

The reports on the Port Kelang Free Trade Zone scandal is the hot topic of the week, not the Penanti state by-election. The reports revealed improper dealings, malpractices and conspiracy. It implicated a few politicians and businessmen.

I can only use some Chinese language terms to describe this affair : "snakes and rodents conspiracy 蛇鼠一窝", "black smoke and dirty air 污烟瘴气"，“endless greed 贪得无厌”， "all swimming together in a filthy waters 同流合污”.

What started in 1999 on a 1.8 billion free trade zone project ballooned into a 12.5 billions scandal. If not because of the perseverance and determination of the Oppositions, and the change of political landscape after March 8 2008 general election, this scandal would have been easily covered up by the government.

Opposition stalwart Lim Kit Siang is one of the politicians pursuing this matter. To make sure we (the people) know how much is 12.5 billion, he posted this figure on his blog:

RM12.5 billion is not chicken-feed. It is equivalent to five RM2.5 billion BMF scandals.
RM12.5 billion can be used to build four Penang bridges,
25 universities at RM500 million each;
125 hospitals at RM100 million each;
1,250 schools at RM10 million each;
312,500 low-cost houses at RM40,000 each;
declare amnesty from collecting assessment for 13 years for Selangor state or 45 years for Penang state; or
give everyone of the 27 million Malaysians regardless of age a payout of RM338!

In fact it is like striking a RM1 Million price lottery each and every month non stop for the next 1,041 years!

Dammed to these corrupted politicians and government officials who took the public interest and monies as their political loots and ‘shared" among themselves like their own.

So what's next, dear PM Najib?

吧生港口自由贸易区丑闻的调查报告，是这个星期最令人注明的课题，而不是在今天投票的本南地州议席补选 （民联如众望所归获胜）。

报告显露了许多违规 ，滥权和合谋的地方。有几位政治人物，部长和商人被指名牵涉到这个丑闻。

我只有用以下的形容词来道出这宗丑闻的性质：蛇鼠一窝，乌烟瘴气，贪得无厌，同流合污。

这个自由贸易区的计划，原始于1999年，本来只需十八亿的费用来打造这个现代自由贸易区，并得到迪拜（Dubai) 投资公司入股的计划，后来因为发觉内部管理不当，黑暗重重而撤离，就导致这个贸易区的费用，膨胀到一百二十亿。

假如不是反对党坚持及咬着不放，及三八大选过后，政治局面的改变，这桩丑闻必定会被政府掩饰盖过。

反对党宿将林吉祥，就是其中一位不遗余力的暴露这丑闻的妻子一位。他为了让更多人知道一百二十亿到底有多少，他特地在他的部落格里公布了这个计算：

一百二十亿不是小数目。它等于（1983年）土著金融25亿丑闻的五倍。
一百二十亿可以用来建造四座槟城大桥；
可建25间，每间5亿的大学；
可建125间，每间一亿的医院；
可建1250间，每间一千万的学校；
可建312,500间，每间四万元的廉价屋；
足以抵消免收雪兰莪州内的门牌税13年；槟城则45年；
或者分送给整个马来西亚二千七百万人口，每人338 元。

其实这个数目，就好像每个月都中了一百万元的彩票，连续不断的 1041 年！

该死的贪婪政治人物，政府官员，他们把人民的利益及金钱，当成他们私有的政治贼赃，任意瓜分！

现在，下一步又是什么了，首相大人？