Najib on UMS Scandal: We'd Probe ... only probe.
UMS SCANDAL: CONTRACTORS WELCOME NAJIB'S PLEDGE TO PROBE PDF Print E-mail
KOTA KINABALU: Finance Minister Najib Tun Razak's pledge to probe allegations of wheeling and dealing involving awarding of contracts by Universiti Malaysia Sabah was welcome by the local fraternity.
Contractors here are delighted that Najib, who is also the Prime MInister, has ordered an investigation into how contracts are awarded at the university.
"We thank the Prime Minister for giving us an assurance that an investigation will be carried out on the police reports we have lodged against a UMS officer," said Abby Roy, one of the 13 contractors who lodged the report.
Acting as spokesperson for the contractors, Abby said they are hoping a thorough investigation will be carried out by the authorities, including the MACC.
Najib said that the federal finance ministry would take action pending a report from the MACC.
"The relevant authorities can investigate and when we receive the report from MACC, we will proceed with our investigation,” he said while on a three-day visit to Sabah recently.
Najib was responding to questions about the appeal by local contractors for him to intervene and for the finance ministry to probe UMS development projects awarded to contractors.
'Relieve officer from his duties'
In their separate police reports, the contractors alleged that a UMS employee held a 78 percent share in a company doing contract works at the university.
While complaining that they were not getting a fair chance to bid for projects in UMS, they also questioned whether the officer could supervise his own company.
They further alleged that the university had never paid the officer wages or allowances since he was employed.
The contractors lodged police reports following UMS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Kamaruzaman Ampon's statement that the allegations made by them against the officer were 'untrue'.
Kamaruzaman was reported as saying that as the officer had resigned from the company before joining the university, he was 'clean' and no action would be taken against him.
He also said a special task force was set up to carry out a thorough investigation into the case and that UMS had given its full cooperation to the MACC when they came calling.
The contractors now want UMS to relieve the officer from his duties pending the outcome of the investigations into their reports.
KOTA KINABALU: Finance Minister Najib Tun Razak's pledge to probe allegations of wheeling and dealing involving awarding of contracts by Universiti Malaysia Sabah was welcome by the local fraternity.
Contractors here are delighted that Najib, who is also the Prime MInister, has ordered an investigation into how contracts are awarded at the university.
"We thank the Prime Minister for giving us an assurance that an investigation will be carried out on the police reports we have lodged against a UMS officer," said Abby Roy, one of the 13 contractors who lodged the report.
Acting as spokesperson for the contractors, Abby said they are hoping a thorough investigation will be carried out by the authorities, including the MACC.
Najib said that the federal finance ministry would take action pending a report from the MACC.
"The relevant authorities can investigate and when we receive the report from MACC, we will proceed with our investigation,” he said while on a three-day visit to Sabah recently.
Najib was responding to questions about the appeal by local contractors for him to intervene and for the finance ministry to probe UMS development projects awarded to contractors.
'Relieve officer from his duties'
In their separate police reports, the contractors alleged that a UMS employee held a 78 percent share in a company doing contract works at the university.
While complaining that they were not getting a fair chance to bid for projects in UMS, they also questioned whether the officer could supervise his own company.
They further alleged that the university had never paid the officer wages or allowances since he was employed.
The contractors lodged police reports following UMS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Kamaruzaman Ampon's statement that the allegations made by them against the officer were 'untrue'.
Kamaruzaman was reported as saying that as the officer had resigned from the company before joining the university, he was 'clean' and no action would be taken against him.
He also said a special task force was set up to carry out a thorough investigation into the case and that UMS had given its full cooperation to the MACC when they came calling.
The contractors now want UMS to relieve the officer from his duties pending the outcome of the investigations into their reports.
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