From Malaysiakini
By S Pathmawathy

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim admitted that there are flawed characters in PKR following the resignation of Lunas state assembly representative Mohd Radzhi Salleh.

“In all humility I must concede that given the circumstances during the last election… we had to rush through the names and probably there was some flaws in terms to filtering process,” said Anwar.

He said this when asked why such incidences consistently kept cropping up within PKR.

“We have to improve to make sure that candidates must be of good if not impeccable credentials and loyal to the party and the struggle,” he added.

Only in February, Pakatan lost its majority in the Perak state assembly and the state was in chaos after two PKR and one DAP state assembly representatives quit their respective parties and declared themselves BN-friendly independents.

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From The Asia Sentinel

Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission has been tireless in the pursuit of wrongdoers, particularly those from the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition that controls Selangor, Malaysia’s richest state. But somehow – perhaps just an oversight – the MACC has been dawdling for five years on a case that appears to be one of the biggest scandals ever to hit a country that has generated some spectacular ones.

That is the RM7.45 billion (US$2.12 billion) cost to turn Port Klang, the seaport 70 km. west of the capital of Kuala Lumpur, into a national transshipment hub to rival the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai. Its directors say it is likely to default on billions of ringgit in loans, with the possibility, according to an auditor’s report, that accumulated interest could drive the cost to a whopping RM12.45 billion.

Conceived in 1999, the Port Klang Free Zone was yet another massive development scheme put forward by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad although he had left office before the real carnival began. The project appears to have ignited a virtual feeding frenzy for politicians from the Barisan Nasional, or ruling national coalition.

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