MoF lodged police report over leaked PKFZ papers

Written by Chua Sue-Ann, The Edge   

The home ministry today confirmed that a police report has recently been lodged on leaked cabinet documents relating to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.

In a written reply to Charles Santiago (Klang-DAP), the home ministry said the Ministry of Finance (MoF) had lodged the police report on Sept 16 in Putrajaya, and the investigations were ongoing.

The police report is seen as an admission that the documents, which first emerged on the controversial website Malaysia-Today.net on Sept 15, are indeed classified cabinet documents.

The leaked documents purportedly show that the cabinet had all along known about the problems plaguing the troubled PKFZ project.

According to the home ministry, the case had been classified as contravening Section 8 of the Official Secrets Act 1972, which outlines the offence of wrongful communication of official secrets to the public.

The home ministry also said that a comprehensive criminal investigation was underway to determine how the document was leaked, whether it was the result of a technical glitch, human carelessness or a dalang (“culprit”).

“The government will not hesitate to take strict legal action against any party that wrongfully communicates official government secrets whether via government agencies or other means,” said the home ministry.