MM Online - Let bazaar shakedown be first and only strike, veterans group tells Pakatan:
KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Lawmakers and leaders from the ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition must mindful of “recommendations” they make to civil servants, said Persatuan Patriot Kebangsaan.
The group’s president, BG (Rtd) Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji, also said allegations that a PPBM leader demanded up to RM5,000 each from traders at a Ramadan bazaar along Jalan Masjid India must be investigated thoroughly.
“Patriot would like to remind Pakatan Harapan MPs and ADUNs to be extra careful in making recommendation for licences, permits, contract works, and projects,” he said in a statement.
Arshad also urged civil servants not to acquiesce to abusive requests and recommendations from politicians, telling them that they need not fear as long as they abide completely by existing regulations.
“Patriot hopes this first red mark incident is also the last. We have much to do in rebuilding our nation.”
The Federal Territories chapter of PH was hit by controversy after a letter purportedly from City Hall was leaked online to show it allocated 80 lots at the bazaar to one junior PPBM leader.
City Hall said it felt obligated to issue the allocation as the application was accompanied by a support letter from Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Loon.
Fong has denied wrongdoing and threatened to sue the PPBM leader accused of pocketing hundreds of thousands of ringgit by shaking down traders for over 50 times what it officially costs to rent lots at the bazaar.
I wonder if Fong's name was not involved, would that letter have been leaked by DBKL?
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People are seen shopping at the Ramadan bazaar along Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur. — Picture by Choo Choy May |
The group’s president, BG (Rtd) Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji, also said allegations that a PPBM leader demanded up to RM5,000 each from traders at a Ramadan bazaar along Jalan Masjid India must be investigated thoroughly.
“Patriot would like to remind Pakatan Harapan MPs and ADUNs to be extra careful in making recommendation for licences, permits, contract works, and projects,” he said in a statement.
Arshad also urged civil servants not to acquiesce to abusive requests and recommendations from politicians, telling them that they need not fear as long as they abide completely by existing regulations.
“Patriot hopes this first red mark incident is also the last. We have much to do in rebuilding our nation.”
The Federal Territories chapter of PH was hit by controversy after a letter purportedly from City Hall was leaked online to show it allocated 80 lots at the bazaar to one junior PPBM leader.
City Hall said it felt obligated to issue the allocation as the application was accompanied by a support letter from Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Loon.
Fong has denied wrongdoing and threatened to sue the PPBM leader accused of pocketing hundreds of thousands of ringgit by shaking down traders for over 50 times what it officially costs to rent lots at the bazaar.
Typical trademarks of rent-seeking mentality that you would have thought came from a bygone era that started strongly in 1981.
But the naughty bloke has been Mohd Noorhisyam of Pribumi (which is after all UMNO Baru-er). He is now accused of collecting up to RM5,000 from bazaar traders in Jalan Masjid India after allegedly misusing his political connections to secure 80 bazaar lots from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).
RM5K x 80 = RM400K
But a DBKL letter to Mohd Noorhisyam showed that the 80 lots were approved for nine days for only RM6,238. The letter was deliberately leaked to the media because a DAP MP seems to be involved.
RM400K - RM6,236 = alleged Mohd Noorhisyam's profits.
Bukit Bintang DAP MP Fong Kui Lun's name was dragged into the controversy as he had written a letter to DBKL supporting Mohd Noorhisyam's application to rent the Ramadan bazaar lots. But Fong said he didn't realise Mohd Noorhisyam was doing a rental business, wakakaka.
Fong is bloody mad about the naughty association, denying receiving any money. He is now considering suing Mohd Noorhisyam, whose own Pribumi has made a report to the police.
RM5K x 80 = RM400K
But a DBKL letter to Mohd Noorhisyam showed that the 80 lots were approved for nine days for only RM6,238. The letter was deliberately leaked to the media because a DAP MP seems to be involved.
RM400K - RM6,236 = alleged Mohd Noorhisyam's profits.
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Pribumi's Mohd Noorhisyam |
Bukit Bintang DAP MP Fong Kui Lun's name was dragged into the controversy as he had written a letter to DBKL supporting Mohd Noorhisyam's application to rent the Ramadan bazaar lots. But Fong said he didn't realise Mohd Noorhisyam was doing a rental business, wakakaka.
Fong is bloody mad about the naughty association, denying receiving any money. He is now considering suing Mohd Noorhisyam, whose own Pribumi has made a report to the police.
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Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun |
I wonder if Fong's name was not involved, would that letter have been leaked by DBKL?