Pemberian tanah balak 4,259 hektar bukanlah rahsia, sebab gomen Najib telah dimaklum...

Isu pemberian tanah balak seluas 4,259 hektar di Gua Musang, yang didakwa diberikan kepada pemimpin DAP Perak bukan satu rahsia, sebaliknya pengurniaan telah diputuskan tujuh tahun lalu dan sedia diketahui oleh dua kementerian termasuk Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin, kata Setiausaha Akhbar kepada Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat hari ini.

"Kenyataan-kenyataan ini (laporan media) seolah-olah ingin menyebut bahawa projek yang dilaksanakan oleh syarikat ini ialah rahsia sehingga ia terdedah dengan laporan blog pisau.net.

Dua surat berkaitan pengurniaan tanah balak seluas 4,259 hektar yang dikeluarkan oleh pegawai Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat hari ini.

 "Dalam hal ini, suka untuk saya nyatakan bahawa projek ini telah dimaklumkan kepada Kementerian Perusahaan, Perladangan dan Komoditi Malaysia dan satu surat kelulusan telah dihantar kepada pihak Upayapadu Plantation Sdn Bhd pada 12 Oktober 2005 dan ditandatangani sendiri oleh Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi Malaysia pada masa itu iaitu Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui," kata Ahmad Fadhli Shaari dalam satu kenyataan dikeluarkan hari ini.

Ahmad Fadhli berkata, surat kedua pula ialah daripada Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah kepada Menteri Perusahaan, Perladangan dan Komoditi bertarikh 16 Januari 2006, yang turut menyokong permohonan syarikat tersebut bagi tujuan meningkatkan lagi kegiatan ekonomi negeri Kelantan.

"Surat tersebut ditandatangani olah Timbalan Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah  pada masa itu iaitu Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin. Salinan surat-surat tersebut saya kepilkan bersama untuk rujukan," kata beliau lagi.

Awang Adek merupakan Timbalan Pengerusi Umno Kelantan sekarang.

Justeru, Ahmad Fadhli berkata, beliau berharap semua pihak di Kelantan terutama pemimpin Umno dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan boleh bertanya terus kepada Awang Adek berkenaan isu tersebut.

 "Menyentuh kenyataan (Presiden Orang Muda Berpadu Anti Korupsi ) Pengerusi Ombak agar Tuan Guru Menteri Besar mendakwa blogger pisau.net jika benar ia merupakan satu fitnah, saya kira Ombak boleh bersabar. Mana tau, jika nasib baik, Ombak pun boleh dimasukkan bersama dalam senarai defendan nanti," katanya lagi.

Kenyataan Ahmad Fadhli merujuk kepada beberapa laporan akhbar yang masih lagi memainkan isu berkenaan sekeping tanah seluas tanah 4,259 hektar milik kerajaan negeri Kelantan yang didakwa sebagai habuan kepada pemimpin DAP Perak agar mereka sudi menyerahkan kerusi Menteri Besar Perak kepada Pas selepas pilihan raya umum 2008.

"Sekalipun penjelasan telah diberikan panjang lebar dalam kenyataan sebelum ini, tetapi kelihatan pemimpin Umno bersama beberapa NGO pro Umno masih belum faham atau 'berpura-pura untuk tidak faham," kata beliau.

Laporan akhbar memetik Presiden Ombak, Wan Khairul Wan Muhammad berkata, Nik Aziz tidak wajar berdiam diri, sebaliknya perlu memberikan penjelasan berhubung dakwaan menawarkan tanah balak seluas 4,259 hektar di Gua Musang kepada dua pemimpin DAP Perak.

Wan Khairul berkata, jika dakwaan tersebut tidak benar, Mursyidul Am Pas itu harus mengambil tindakan undang-undang ke atas blog pisau.net yang mendedahkan perkara itu sebelum pengakuan dibuat oleh kedua-dua pemimpin DAP terbabit.

"Kedua-dua pemimpin ini telah mengaku melabur dalam Upayapadu Plantation Sdn. Bhd. yang mendapat projek pembalakan itu, tetapi sehingga hari ini Nik Abdul Aziz masih berdiam diri.

"Beliau perlu membuat penjelasan terutamanya kepada seluruh rakyat Kelantan kerana ia bukan isu kepartian malah satu kebenaran yang perlu rakyat lihat di sebalik pemerintahan Islam," katanya.-sinar harian

Ngeh: We obtained Kelantan land through open market...

Perak DAP chief Ngeh Khoo Ham has denied claims that the Kelantan government had given him land in exchange for support, saying the company had been acquired through the open market.

The land, said Ngeh in a statement today, was acquired through a purchase of the company awarded the 10,526 hectares of land by the state government, hence there was no element of corruption involved.

He added that the business deal was no secret as the DAP and state Pakatan leadership, as well as the federal government, had been informed of the purchase.

“I would like to reiterate that neither Nga Kor Ming nor I was given any land by the Kelantan government.

“The acquisition of Upayapadu Plantation Sdn Bhd together with other investors in April this year was a commercial transaction purchased in the open market,” said Ngeh.

Ngeh provided a step-by-step transition of who owned the land before he and Nga, assemblyperson for Pantai Remis and Taiping MP, eventually acquired it.

1. On Sept 13, 2000, the Kelantan government approved the land to Yayasan Islam Kelantan (YIK).

2. In December 2000, the land was approved to one company to develop but the company had failed. The land was taken back by YIK on Aug 18, 2004.

3. YIK awarded the land to Upayapadu Plantation to develop on Aug 28, 2005 and the agreement was signed on May 3, 2006.

4. Upayapadu Plantation was also not successful in developing the project and its shareholders decided to sell the company.

5. Ngeh, Nga and other investors bought the company in April 2012.

In an earlier statement issued by the press secretary of Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, it was revealed that Upayapadu Plantation was previously chaired by Wong Yeon Chai.

According to media reports in the 1990s, Wong was a timber tycoon in Pekan and known as “Tengku Wong” due to his close relationship with the Pahang royal family.

The late primary industries minister Lim Keng Yaik once accused Wong of “legally practising illegal logging”. 

Ngeh, who is also the assemblyperson for Setiawan and Bruas MP, said he had informed DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang and Perak Pakatan about the matter several months ago.

The Island Revenue Department and Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Hamzah Zainuddin had also been informed regarding the acquisition, he said.
In a reply in Twitter on Saturday, Ngeh also claimed that there is no Orang Asli settlement on the land.

Ngeh and Nga were accused of receiving the 10, 526 hectares land from Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat in exchange for the appointment of  PAS’ Pasir Panjang asssemblyperson Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as Perak menteri besar in 2008.

Yesterday, DAP chairperson Karpal Singh said the party would seek the duo’s clarification over the allegations.

‘BN revenge for land exposes’

Ngeh said the allegations were “blatant lies” and an attempt by BN to divert attention from DAP’s exposes of the ruling party’s land scandals.

“The claim on Pisau.net is a blatant lie. Umno knows the truth about the said land but pro-BN media continue to cause confusion, and therefore I feel the need to issue this media statement.

“None of the BN elected representatives who raised the issue dared to repeat the allegation outside the state assembly, knowing very well that their allegation was false.

“The above-said issue was brought up by BN in order to divert the public’s attention from the scandals that Nga Kor Ming and I have exposed in the recent state assembly involving the Perak BN government approving to Umno/BN cronies state lands worth hundreds of millions ringgit,” said Ngeh.

The Perak DAP chief said he has instructed his lawyers to take legal action against those making the allegations for “defaming” the duo.-malaysiakini

 

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