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Probe into housing bribery case
MACC investigating Penang rep’s father for allegedly soliciting money
GEORGE TOWN: The father of Sungai Pinang DAP assemblyman Lim Siew Khim is being investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for allegedly soliciting money from applicants for low-cost and affordable housing.
It is learnt that MACC has begun calling up several people after a video clip purportedly showing Lim’s father, Keat Seong, was posted on social media on Sunday explaining to some people how to “cut queue” in the state’s housing schemes by paying RM260 for the application form and a few thousand ringgit to one “Uncle Lim”.
Penang MACC director Datuk Abd Aziz Aban could not be reached for comment but it is learnt that the commission had begun gathering information yesterday from the so-called victims, those featured in the video and several Gerakan leaders who held a Monday press conference on this.
Penang MCA deputy chairman Tan Teik Cheng said the case may just be the tip of the iceberg.
He said the Penang government should take action over the alleged soliciting of bribes by Lim’s father, a 68-year-old retiree.
“The state government proudly proclaims its ‘ Competent, Accountable and Transparent’ (CAT) policy, hence it should address the case instead of playing up the drama to divert public attention.
“After all, the demand by Penangites for low-cost housing is still high in view of the exorbitant property prices,” he said in a statement yesterday.
State DAP chairman Chow Kon Yeow has also posted on Facebook the photograph of headlines in three Chinese dailies and The Star, which all referred to Lim’s father.
The caption read: “We are politicians and public figures. What we do matters. Unfortunately, what our parents, spouses, in-laws, and even distant cousins do, also matters.”
Penang Gerakan Anti-Corruption and Land spokesman H’ng Khoon Leng said the party would be seeking an audience with the Penang Yang diPertua to ask for the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry into the matter.
State Housing Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said there was no need to form a commission as it came under the purview of the police.
By Arnold Loh
and Tan Sin Chow The Star
Lim clarifies video comment
DAP rep forced to explain alleged bribery video statement
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http://www.thestartv.com/episode/lim-clarifies-video-comment/
GEORGE TOWN: Sungai Pinang DAP assemblyman Lim Siew Khim has been forced to clarify her earlier comments on her father’s alleged corruption case involving affordable housing units after the release of a second video clip on the issue.
“I did receive a call from a youth leader from another party sometime last year but when I confronted my father, he denied any involvement,” she said after opening a Youth Empowerment programme in Sungai Pinang yesterday.
Last Sunday, a video clip purportedly showing Lim’s father, Lim Keat Seong, soliciting bribes to help obtain low-cost housing units in the state as early as June 2015 went viral after being posted on social media.
Siew Khim was then quoted as saying: “All this (in the video) was without my knowledge and I only knew about it on Sunday night.”
Now, a second video clip, which lasted about three minutes, was released yesterday.
This time it shows a screen-grab of a Whatsapp conversation between a mediator and a victim.
“I contacted her and gave her (Siew Khim) one day to reply and find ways for her father to return the money,” the mediator was heard as saying to the victim.
In another conversation, a man, who is said to be Siew Khim’s stepbrother Ong Hock Hin, was heard saying that his sister (Siew Khim) had asked for a meeting to be arranged with the aggrieved parties.
Siew Khim refused to comment on the contents of the second video, urging the person who released it to lodge a police report.
“Why release bits and pieces? They should report it to the police with their evidence,” she said.
Siew Khim also denied asking her stepbrother Ong to arrange for a meeting with any of the victims.
Asked why she only confirmed she had confronted her father when the second video surfaced, she said she could not remember it.
While her father has been remanded for seven days, Siew Khim was grilled for two hours by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) on Friday.
When contacted, Penang MACC director Datuk Abdul Aziz Aban said he was not aware of the second video but would direct his officers to investigate it.
Siew Khim’s counsel Ram Karpal said it was an offence to withhold information on the case as it was now investigated by the MACC.
“I urge anyone with information on the matter to pass it to MACC,” he said in Air Itam yesterday.
Penang DAP chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the uploading of the two videos showed it was a politically motivated move against Siew Khim, the state government and DAP.
Source: The Star Malaysia4 Sep 2016By R. SEKARAN rsekaran@thestar.com.my
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