KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- The High Court will decide this Friday
whether former Transport Minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik needs to enter his
defence or be freed on a charge of cheating the government in the Port Klang
Free Zone (PKFZ) project.
The controversy in the PKFZ project also involved Port Klang Authority (PKA)
general manager O.C. Phang and another former Transport Minister Tan Sri Chan
Kong Choy.
Phang is charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT),
involving RM254.85 million, while Chang is charged with cheating former Prime
Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of RM1.9 billion.
All pleaded not guilty to the charges made against them.
Dr Ling, 68, is charged with cheating the government by not disclosing to
the Cabinet an additional interest rate of 7.5 per cent per annum on the
purchase price of the land for the PKFZ project, which had been fixed at
RM1,088,456,000 by the Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH), based
on RM25 per sq ft, inclusive of the coupon/interest rate.
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He also faces two alternative charges, of cheating and intentionally
omitting from the Cabinet that the 7.5 per cent per annum was an additional
interest rate on the land price.
Dr Ling, represented by lawyer Wong Khian Keong, is charged with committing
the offences at the fourth floor of the Prime Minister''s Office, Perdana Putra
building in Putrajaya, between Sept 25 and Nov 6, 2002.
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