Parliamentary Questions for March 2012 Session

Soalan-Soalan Untuk Jawapan Lisan 

1.         YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar menyatakan apakah polisi didalam Kementerian apabila menyewa tanah lapang yang dimiliki oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan, senaraikan semua tanah, tempohnya dan nama-nama individu, organisasi atau syarikat yang menyewa dan sewa untuk setiap bidang tanah tersebut di Wilayah Persekutuan termasuk tanah dibawah Lot 28261, Geran 70523, Mukim Setapak Kuala Lumpur di Prima Setapak.

 YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar to state what is the policy of the Ministry when renting out land belonging to the Federal Government, provide a list of description of the empty land, the duration of the rental period, the monthly rental and names of individual or organization or company renting each of the said empty land in Wilayah Persekutuan including Lot 28261, Geran 70523, Mukim Setapak, Kuala Lumpur in Prima Setapak.

2.         YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Hal Ehwal Pengguna menyatakan status siasatan oleh MYCC terhadap pertukaran saham di antara MAS-AirAsia / CCF, yang jelas bertentangan dengan kepentingan negara, dan sama ada MYCC juga mengambil tindakan terhadap AirAsia yang menerbitkan tambang mengelirukan dalam laman webnya dengan caj-caj terserlindung seperti Pertanyaan Telefon RM1.99 setiap minit, Bayaran Mudah RM8, Yuran Tempahan RM30, Fuel Surcharge RM90, Bagasi (Supersize) sehingga RM150,  Infant Seat Service Fees RM125, Peralatan Sukan sehingga 20 kg RM75 dan sebagainya dimana Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) telah memfailkan tindakan mahkamah terhadap AirAsia di Australia? 

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Consumer Affairs to state what is the progress of the investigations by MYCC into the secret MAS-AirAsia share swap / CCF, which clearly was against national interest, and whether MYCC is also taking actions against AirAsia for publishing misleading fares in its website with hidden charges like Telephone Enquires RM1.99 per minute, Convenience Fees RM8, Booking Fees RM30, Fuel Surcharge RM90,  Supersize Baggage up to RM150, Infant Seat Service Fees RM125, Sport Equipment up to 20 kg RM75 and etc which the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed a court action against AirAsia in Australia?

3.         YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan status terhadap siasatan oleh Suruhanjaya Sekuriti dan Bursa Kuala Lumpur yang berkaitan dengan rahsia pertukaran saham diantara MAS-AirAsia, perdagangan dalaman (insider trading) saham MAS dan AirAsia serta kegagalan untuk membuat pengumuman awam oleh AirAsia Bhd dan MAS di Bursa Kuala Lumpur sebelum 8-8-2011 dimana perniagaan saham terhadap kedua-dua syarikat tersebut digantung?

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Finance to state what is the progress of the investigation by Security Commission and Bursa Kuala Lumpur pertaining to the MAS-AirAsia share swap, insider trading of MAS and AirAsia share and the failures by AirAsia Bhd and MAS to lodge the public announcement in Bursa KL before 8-8-2011 when both counters were suspended from trading?

4.         YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan berapakah jumlah kos Konsultan yang dibayar oleh Khazanah Nasional Bhd daripada Jun 2004 sehingga 29-2-2012 dan berapakah Khazanah Nasional Bhd membayar Konsultan fi kepada BinaFikir Sdn Bhd untuk perlaksanaan project “Widespread Asset Un-bundling” (WAU) yang gagal untuk MAS  dan senaraikan konsultan-konsultan yang dilantik oleh MAS termasuk syarikat PlaneConsult daripada 9-8-2011 hingga 29-2-2012 dan fi konsultan telah dibayar atau akan dibayar oleh MAS kepada setiap konsultan-konsultan tersebut daripada 9-8-2011 sehingga 29-2-2012 

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Finance to state what is the total cost of the fees paid by Khazanah Nasional Bhd to consultants from June 2004 until 1-3-2012, how much did MAS pay BinaFikir Sdn Bhd as consultant fees for the failed “Widespread Asset Un-bundling”  (WAU) project in MAS  and provide the list of names of consultant firm appointed by MAS including PlaneConsult from 9-8-2011 to 29-2-2012  and the consultant fees paid or to be paid by MAS to each of the said consultant.

5.         YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan samada keputusan “arbitrary” yang dilakukan oleh En. Mohammed Rashdan dengan sewenang-wenangnya untuk menaja QPR, dimana sebahagian besarnya dimiliki oleh Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Home Jersey sebanyak RM18 juta, pembatalan laluan Firefly ke destinasi ke Kuching dan KK, laluan MAS ke destinasi Bandung serta lain-lain laluan yang semata-mata untuk menguntungkan AirAsia adalah sebagai sebahagian dari objectif  untuk MAS-Asia “Comprehensive Collaborative Framework” (CCF) seperti yang diumumkan oleh Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar pada 9-8-2011?

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Finance to state whether the arbitrarily decision by En Mohammed Rashdan to sponsor QPR, which is substantially owned by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, home Jersey for RM18 million, cancellation of Firefly routes to Kuching and KK, MAS to Bandung and other profitable routes for the benefits of AirAsia were part of the objectives of the MAS-Asia’s “Comprehensive Collaborative Framework” (CCF) Agreement as announced by Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar on 9-8-2011?  

6.    YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan siapakah yang harus bertanggungjawab terhadap keputusan MAS memasuki beberapa perjanjian “fuel hedging” serta melaksanakan pembelian sebanyak 17,350,000 tong minyak, dimana ia bukan hanya setakat menyebabkan MAS mengalami jumlah kerugian sebanyak RM3.38 bilion bagi tempoh dari 19-2-2009 hingga 31-12-2011 tetapi juga menepatkan MAS berada di dalam situasi masalah kewangan, dan senaraikan nama-nama syarikat yang MAS memasuki perjanjian “fuel hedging” tersebut”.

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong ask the Minister of Finance to state who was responsible for the decision for MAS to enter into several fuel hedging agreements to purchase 17,350, 000 barrels of fuel, which have caused MAS a total lost of RM3.38 billion for the period from 19-2-2009 to 31-12-2011 that has put MAS in deep financial problems, and provide the names of company that MAS entered into the said fuel hedging agreements with?

7.         Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] minta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan kos untuk “rebranding” MAS sebagai pernerbangan “Short Haul” dan “Long Haul” selepas menandatangani perjanjian penukaran saham MAS-AirAsia dan “CCF” untuk (i) mengecat semula pesawat Firefly, (ii) “grounded” pesawat Firefly, (iii) rancangan untuk mereka-bentuk (design) semula dan/atau mengecat semula pesawat MAS/Firefly (iv) memindah pejabat-pejabat ke KLIA, (v) kaunter tiket dan chek-in baru, (vi) “signage” baru, (vii) uniform baru, (vii) pencetakan kad nama baru, “letterhead” dan bahan pencetakan  lain-lain, dan bagaimanakah tindakan “rebranding” diatas dapat membantu untuk “turn around” kedudukan kewangan MAS bertukar daripada rugi menjadi untung?

Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Finance to state the cost of rebranding MAS into “Short Haul” and “Long Haul” airlines after the singing of the agreements for the MAS-AirAsia share swap and CCF for (i) re-spraying of all Firefly jet planes, (ii) grounded Firefly jet planes, (iii) the plan to re-design and/or re-spraying of the MAS/Firefly planes, (iv) moving to new offices in KLIA, (v) installation of new ticketing and check-in counters; (vi) new signage, (vii) new uniforms, (viii) printing new name cards, letterheads and other printed materials and etc, and how could the above rebranding exercises turn around the financial position of MAS from losses into profits?

8.         Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] minta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan jumlah kes-kes di bawah siasatan Anti-Money Laundering Act dan Terrorist Financing Act 2006 oleh Jabatan Kastam DiRaja (Kastam) daripada tahun 2006 sehingga Fabuari 2012, jumlah hasil yang dibekukan dan dirampas dan berapakah kes telah disabitkan dengan kesalahan di bawah undang-undang tersebut; dan

i.)         berapakah syarikat-syarikat daripada jumlah kes-kes di mana pembekuan wang tersebut oleh Kastam telah mengakibatkan syarikat-syarikat telah digulungkan atau ditutup kerana tindakan pembekuan wang di bawah Akta tersebut seolah-olah Kastam mengamalkan dasar “guilty until proven innocent” dan/atau syarikat-syarikat atau pengarah-pengarahnya terpaksa membayar penalti kepada Kastam untuk mengelakan masalah kewangan?

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Finance to state how many cases are being investigated under the Anti-Money Laundering Act and Terrorist Financing Act 2006 by the Royal Custom of Malaysia from year 2006 until February 2012 and what is the total sum of amount being frozen and confiscated; how many cases have been convicted under the said law; and

i)       how many companies from the cases where monies have been frozen by the Customs had caused the said companies being wound up or ceased business operations due to feezing of monies under the said Act as though Customs practises the policy of “guilty until proven innocent” and/or had forced the companies or directors to pay the penalty to Customs in order to avoid financial difficulties?

9.         Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] minta  Menteri Kewangan menyatakan jumlah kes-kes di mana Jabatan Kastam DiRaja (Kastam) telah membenarkan sebahagian daripada pembekuan wang di bawah Anti-Money Laundering dan Terrorist Financing Act 2006 dilepaskan untuk membolehkan syarikat-syarikat membayar gaji perkerjanya dan/atau perbelanjaan untuk terus beroperasi dan bagi setiap kes tersebut tempoh masa Kastam mengambil untuk membuat keputusan melepaskan sebahagian wang yang dibeku di bawah Akta tersebut untuk tujuan membayar gaji dan bayaran untuk syarikat-syarikat  terus beroperas 

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Finance to state the number of cases that Royal Custom (Customs)had allowed the release of partial of the frozen monies under Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act 2006 to enable companies to pay the employees wages and/or expenditure in order to allow them to continue operations and for each case what is the duration taken by the  Customs to decide on the release of the partial monies frozen under the said Act for purposes of payment of wages and business expenditure to enable the companies to continue operations?

10.       Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] minta Perdana Menteri menyatakan apakah hasil siasatan oleh SPRM terhadap skandal “sand mining” yang terlibat Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd dan bekas pengarahnya, En Wong Swee Leong, di negeri Selangor?

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Prime Minister to state what is the result of the MACC investigation into the sand mining scandal involving Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd and its ex-manager, Mr Wong Swee Leong, in the Sate of Selangor?

Soalan Untuk Jawapan Bertulis 

1.         YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan daripada tahun 2003 sehingga April 2008, berapakah jumlah perbelanjaan yang tidak dibenarkan (unauthorized) yang dilakukan oleh seorang pegawai di dalam Kementerian Kewangan dan apakah tindakan yang telah diambil atau akan diambil oleh Kementerian terhadap seorang pegawai tersebut?

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong ask the Minister of Finance to state from 2003 to April 2008 what was the total unauthorized expenditure made by an officer in MOF and what actions have been taken or to be taken by the Ministry against the said officer?

2.         YB YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan Dan Kesejahteraan Bandar menyatakan sejauh manakah Projek Sungai nadi Kehidupan (River of Life) akan melibatkan kampung-kampung tradisi yang terletak di sepanjang Sungai Gombak dan sekiranya ada sila nyatakan kampung-kampung yang terlibat, jumlah keluasan yang akan diambil serta jumlah kos untuk Projek tersebut.

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing to state up to what extent that River of Life Project will affect the traditional villages located along the Sungai Gombak and if yes, please state which village will be effected, the total area of the land affected and the total cost of the said project.

3.         Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] minta Perdana Menteri menyatakan adakah terdapat arahan baru dari Ketua Hakim Negara atau ia merupakan sebahagian daripada NKRA dimana Pengarah Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur telah mengeluarkan arahan baru bahawa semua Hakim-Hakim Majistret dan Mahkamah Sesyen tidak boleh meneruskan pendengaran perbicaraan kes-kes selepas pukul 5 petang dan meninggalkan Komplek Mahkamah Jalan Duta pada waktu makan tengah hari untuk menguruskan hal peribadi mereka kecuali mendapat kebenaran dari Pengarah Mahkamah.

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Prime Minister to state that was it the new directive from the Chief Justice or part of the NKRA that the Pengarah Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur that has issued new directives that all Magistrate and Session Court Judges cannot continue with the hearing of cases after 5 p.m. and cannot leave the Komplek Mahkamah Jalan Duta during lunch time to attend to their personal matter unless they have been granted permission by the Pengarah Mahkamah?

4.         Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] minta Perdana Menteri menyata samada Kerajaan berhasrat untuk memindah undang-undang yang sedia ada untuk memberi hak sah kepada “Administrator of the Estate” mewakili Plaintif yang telah meninggal dunia untuk meneruskan kes di dalam kes-kes perusahaan yang masih berlangsung di dalam Mahkamah Perusahaan?  

Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Prime Minister to state whether the government will amend the existing law to provide the Administrator of the Estate of the deceased Plaintiff the lawful right to carry on with an on-going industrial case in the Industrial Court?

5.         YB YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan Dan Kesejahteraan Bandar menyatakan samada pihak Kerajaan bercadang mengecat semula rumah-rumah Flat kos rendah yang terletak dibawah JMB/JMC dengan memberikan subsidi tertentu kepada pihak pengurusan berkenaan supaya perumahan kos rendah tersebut dicat semula terutamanya yang telah melebihi 10 tahun agar kelihatan lebih ceria.

YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing to state if there is any plan to re-paint all the low cost flats under JMB/JMC and to grant subsidies for the respective JMB/JMC (Joint Management Body) to re-paint all the low cost flats in Wangsa Maju especially those which are over 10 years old in order to give them a new look? 

The above questions were tabled in Parliament on 17-2-2012.