We did not ignore complaints, say Liu and Gobind
By Stephanie Sta Maria, Free Malaysia Today
PETALING JAYA: Selangor state executive councillor Ronnie Liu has refuted claims that he knew about the sand-mining scandal as early as February this year.
Last week, Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong claimed that Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo had received complaints of corruption within Selangor-owned Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd (KSSB) and brought the matter up with Ronnie. According to him, both of them then chose to ignore the complaint.
However, Kuala Selangor MP Dzulkefly Ahmad earlier told FMT that he understood that both Liu and Gobind had already conducted investigations into the report and declared it “baseless”.
Liu confirmed Dzulkefly’s statement but clarified that the report he investigated had nothing to do with the current corruption allegations raised by Kapar MP S Manikavasagam.
“I know nothing about these allegations,” he said. “I don’t even know what information Manikavsagam has. For all you know, he and I could have received completely different complaints.”
“I’m very surprised that he didn’t cross-check the information with me beforehand and I’m very interested to know what he knows.”
Liu explained that the report he received earlier this year was made by “someone who failed to get a contract from KSSB”. He said that the details of the report were scanty and investigations didn’t turn up any concrete evidence to support it.
“We can’t take action if there is no evidence that collaborates with the complaint,” he said. “I suspect that this current allegation has been made by someone who has failed to receive a favour from KSSB. Having said that, I don’t know if the complainant is the same group who approached me previously.”
