Malaysiakini -Whoever claims Johor aware of STS project is lying, prince returns fire (extracts)
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no love lost between them |
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad described the ship-to-ship (STS) hub project in Johor as public knowledge but Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim appeared to suggest otherwise.
“Whoever says Johor is aware is lying,” he said in a Facebook posting this evening.
Maddy just had a 'virtual' royal slap in the face. TMJ has accused him of fibbing, wakakaka.
Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim revealed that he had no knowledge regarding the project nor did his father, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar.
The prince also uploaded an audio recording of Johor Menteri Besar Osman Sapian telling reporters yesterday that he was in the dark as well.
“Putrajaya has acted unconstitutionally twice,” said Tunku Ismail.
“Firstly with regard to the STS project in Johor waters. Tuanku Sultan Johor and I are not aware of the project. The menteri besar is also not aware based on the attached voice recording.
MB Osman Sapian is a Pribumi member so it looks like TMJ has caught Mahathir's fib with the old man's pants down, wakakaka - I am loving it.
“The state government including the Land and Mines office is also unaware...” he added.
Tunku Ismail said anything within three nautical miles of the shores of the state, in particular, land and water matters is the sole prerogative of the state.
“Is Putrajaya trying to usurp the powers of the state?” he asked.
At a press conference in Putrajaya earlier, Mahathir claimed that talks regarding the project had been ongoing for a long time.
He was also surprised when a reporter told him that Tunku Ismail did not know about the project. Up to that point, the prince had not indicated as such.
“He (Tunku Ismail) is in Johor. Many Johoreans know about this, he doesn't (so) I am surprised. He knows about a lot of things, but this, he doesn’t know,” said the prime minister.
Quizzed on the menteri besar being in the dark, Mahathir said he has since informed Osman of the matter.
Before or after TMJ raised Cain? Wakakaka. What a lame BS-ter. The fact that TMJ raised the issue of the MB not knowing is sufficient proof that Maddy has been fibbing.
“I think this is public knowledge. If people don't know, I don't have to go around telling people one by one, do you know this, do you know this, do you know this. See, I don't do that," he added.
Wakakaka. Maddy sounded so pathetic and childish.
Mahathir was speaking after witnessing an agreement being signed between KA Petra Sdn Bhd and Hong Kong's Hutchinson Port Holdings Ltd at the Le Meridien Hotel. Both firms are involved in the STS project.
Datuk Shahrul Amirul is the founder and managing director of KA Petra Sdn Bhd.
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Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad witnesses the signing ceremony between KA Petra chairman Datuk Shahrul Amirul and Hutchinson Port Holdings Limited group managing director Eric Ip in Putrajaya April 2, 2019. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim |
The premier was asked to comment on a posting by Gerakan Muafakat Johor, which was reproduced on Tunku Ismail's Facebook page.
The posting, among others, claimed the project, which was hatched in a secretive manner, benefited the cronies of certain leaders.
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Dismissing the cronyism allegation, Mahathir argued that all Malaysians were his cronies.
I wish it was so but most Malaysians, except young brats who didn't live as an adult through Mahathir's regime in 1981 to 2003, would know the sickening association of 'cronys' and 'Mahathir'.
But what is the ship-to-ship (STS) hub project?
From Sing Straits Times (extracts):
It's the US$180 million (S$244 million) project off Johor’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas to enable ships to transfer their cargo to other vessels without having to dock at the piers, in a move that officials say will allow higher shipping flexibility and cut costs for shippers.
The 1,200-ha facility, an area more than three times the size of Sentosa island, will be built in the Strait of Johor facing Tuas.
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The project, in the Johor Baru port waters, is billed as the “world’s biggest” ship-to-ship (STS) transfer facility. It will be able to accommodate up to 30 vessels at one time.
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad witnessed the project’s signing ceremony in April 2 in Putrajaya, involving Malaysian maritime services company KA Petra and Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Ports.
KA Petra on its website says ship-to-ship transfer involves “cargo transfer operations between 2 seagoing vessels, either while stationary or underway.”
The new hub will have man-made “dolphin” mooring structures to berth vessels without the need for piers or docks, and at lower costs for shippers.
Hutchison Ports, which will take a 30 per cent stake in the project, is among the biggest port operators in the world and owns a stake in Port Klang. [...]
“This project has been discussed over a long time. There were problems we had when Singapore said we are encroaching. We are not encroaching. We are in our waters and I think this is public knowledge,” he told a news conference after the signing ceremony.
“Singapore knows about this, they had contested (and) we had showed them that this is in Malaysian waters, not in Singapore waters.”
Trust Mahathir to fCk Sing maritime interests, wakakaka, but that's what the Old Man lives for.
The posting, among others, claimed the project, which was hatched in a secretive manner, benefited the cronies of certain leaders.
Dismissing the cronyism allegation, Mahathir argued that all Malaysians were his cronies.
I wish it was so but most Malaysians, except young brats who didn't live as an adult through Mahathir's regime in 1981 to 2003, would know the sickening association of 'cronys' and 'Mahathir'.
But what is the ship-to-ship (STS) hub project?
From Sing Straits Times (extracts):
It's the US$180 million (S$244 million) project off Johor’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas to enable ships to transfer their cargo to other vessels without having to dock at the piers, in a move that officials say will allow higher shipping flexibility and cut costs for shippers.
The 1,200-ha facility, an area more than three times the size of Sentosa island, will be built in the Strait of Johor facing Tuas.
The project, in the Johor Baru port waters, is billed as the “world’s biggest” ship-to-ship (STS) transfer facility. It will be able to accommodate up to 30 vessels at one time.
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad witnessed the project’s signing ceremony in April 2 in Putrajaya, involving Malaysian maritime services company KA Petra and Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Ports.
KA Petra on its website says ship-to-ship transfer involves “cargo transfer operations between 2 seagoing vessels, either while stationary or underway.”
The new hub will have man-made “dolphin” mooring structures to berth vessels without the need for piers or docks, and at lower costs for shippers.
Hutchison Ports, which will take a 30 per cent stake in the project, is among the biggest port operators in the world and owns a stake in Port Klang. [...]
“This project has been discussed over a long time. There were problems we had when Singapore said we are encroaching. We are not encroaching. We are in our waters and I think this is public knowledge,” he told a news conference after the signing ceremony.
“Singapore knows about this, they had contested (and) we had showed them that this is in Malaysian waters, not in Singapore waters.”
Trust Mahathir to fCk Sing maritime interests, wakakaka, but that's what the Old Man lives for.
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dislikes Chinese especially Sings, wakakaka |
But I believe in TMJ that the STS project has been done in stealth and the MB Johor and Royal family were deliberately by-passed, perhaps for fear of them leaking news (and pogress) of the project to Sing.
Aiyoyo Mahathir - what a Machiavellian Old Man.