If Talam-gate were transparent, no need for two & half years to announce White Paper’s disclosure

11 October 2012

Press statement by YB Wong Koon Mun, MCA Selangor State Liaison Committee Secretary and state Assemblyman for Kuala Kubu Baru

If Talam-gate were transparent, no need for two & half years to announce White Paper’s disclosure

Despite waiting for two and a half years, the White Paper on the Talam deal as promised by the Pakatan-led state government has now been declared that it will be revealed. However, whether it would be an empty promise or not is yet to be known. Nevertheless, MCA will continue to monitor the situation as this is not the first time that Pakatan’s promise was not delivered.

Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim had announced that he would disclose all matters pertaining to the Talam deal, the auditor’s review and others as soon as the White Paper is tabled at the state Assembly sitting.

The White Paper on the Talam deal was supposed to be released in 2010 but it has been delayed until now. Is this the so-called “transparency” of the Selangor Pakatan administration as frequently exhorted by the Pakatan leadership? If MCA had not pushed for the White Paper to be released, the Talam deal would definitely have remained unknown or even relegated as a concealed matter.

Talam-gate has been consistently pursued by both YB Datuk Chua Tee Yong and by the MCA Selangor leadership since July this year. As a result, all the Menteri Besar could come up with was to dispatch non office bearers in the Selangor state government to give replies to questions raised. If there is indeed nothing, why was the White Paper delayed since 2010 and only will be unveiled on 19 November 2012?

I wish to reiterate that MCA Selangor will continue to monitor the progress of the White Paper so as to ensure that Talam’s bailout will not be a cover-up again. MCA Selangor presses on this issue not as politicians but as taxpayers, each and every one of us has the right to know the details of every sen spent by the Selangor administration.

YB Wong Koon Mun
MCA Selangor Secretary
State Assemblyman for Kuala Kubu Baru

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