KUALA LUMPUR 17 Mei - Ketua Pengarah Tourism Malaysia, Datuk Mirza Mohammed Taiyab dan bekas Pegawai Operasi Pembangunan Pelancongan Malaysia Bhd. (Pempena), Mohammad Rosly Md. Selamat dilepas dan dibebaskan oleh Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini daripada tuduhan pecah amanah berjumlah RM888,000, lima tahun lalu.
Hakim Che Zulkifly Jusoh memutuskan demikian tanpa memanggil mereka membela diri selepas mendapati pihak pendakwaan gagal membuktikan prima facie terhadap kedua-dua tertuduh di akhir kes pendakwaan.
Ketika keputusan yang memihak kepada kedua-dua tertuduh itu dibacakan, Mirza dan Mohammad Rosly dilihat tersenyum sambil memandang ke arah ahli keluarga dan rakan mereka yang memenuhi setiap ruang di dalam galeri awam mahkamah tersebut.
Dalam keputusannya, Che Zulkifly menyatakan, kedua-dua tertuduh tidak melakukan intipati penting dalam sesuatu pertuduhan yang membabitkan kes pecah amanah.
Selain itu, menurut beliau, keterangan pihak pendakwaan hanya bergantung kepada borang kiriman wang yang ditandatangani oleh Mirza dan Mohammad Rosly bertarikh 26 Februari 2007 sedangkan pertuduhan yang didakwa ke atas mereka adalah pada 27 Februari 2007.
Berikutan itu, beliau berpendapat, tarikh pertuduhan tidak dinyatakan dengan jelas oleh pihak pendakwaan.
Mirza, 55, dan Mohammad Rosly, 58, didakwa meluluskan pembayaran RM888,000 ke dalam akaun LCL Interior di Mashreq Bank Dubai bagi projek pembinaan restoran Malaysia di Dubai tanpa mematuhi syarat-syarat yang sepatutnya.
Perbuatan itu didakwa dilakukan di pejabat Pempena di Tingkat 13, Menara Dato' Onn, Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra, 41, Jalan Sultan Ismail di sini pada 27 Februari 2007.
Mirza ketika ditemu bual oleh pemberita di luar mahkamah menyatakan, beliau lega dan bersyukur dengan keputusan yang akhirnya dapat membersihkan namanya daripada dikaitkan dengan perbuatan itu.
Ini merupakan pembebasan Mirza kali kedua daripada pertuduhan di mahkamah.
Kali pertama dia dibebaskan pada 24 Julai 2009 oleh Mahkamah Sesyen di sini daripada tuduhan bersetuju menerima rawatan pergigian berjumlah RM13,860 tanpa balasan daripada seorang pengarah syarikat.
Sementara itu, Mohammad Rosly menganggap dua tahun yang dilaluinya sangat mencabar namun dia yakin dengan sistem keadilan di negara ini dan turut berterima kasih atas kerja keras yang dilakukan oleh peguam-peguam yang mewakilinya.
Beliau diwakili oleh peguam Rajender Singh dan R. Ragumaran manakala Mirza diwakili oleh Datuk Saseedharan Menon dan Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman.
Pendakwaan dikendalikan oleh Timbalan-Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Yusaini Amer Abdul Karim dan Azlina Rasdi.
Sebelum bersurai, salah seorang ahli keluarga Mirza membaca doa kesyukuran di luar mahkamah.
-Utusan/maa.
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Saudara-saudara dan Saudari-saudari Yang Di Hormati
Bahawa MCA Gombak pegurusi YIP KUM FOOK dan anaknya Yip Jiun Hann (Permuda MCA Gombak) bukan sahaja menggunakan kuasanya menghisap wang KUIL BUDDHA SAMNAK SAMBODHI(Thai) No: 19 Jalan 38 Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tetapi lebih dahsyat, ialah menipu wanita-wanita dan merosakan keluarga orang lain. Mereka sebenar-benarnya orang yang jahat dan tak bermoral
Saya mengemukakan kesal yang benar ini, tujuan ialah harap orang ramai, khasnya wanita dapat mengambil perhatian supaya jangan terjerat oleh manis-manis mulutnya akhir akan meninpa kerugian dan kesakitan yang besar
马华公会鹅唛區会主席叶金福律师与马华公会鹅唛區会叶君瀚青年圑長, 不但无耻的利用KUIL BUDDHA SAMNAK SAMBODHI(Thai) No: 19 Jalan 38 Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.宗教之名捞取权和私利之外, 叧一大罪悪是, 他们仗着权势, 甜言蜜語, 誘骗良家少女, 骗财骗色, 三妻四妾, 破坏别人的家庭. 父子两人, 无悪不做, 实是大色狼, 大老千,缺德的败娄.
今天我把实事公告大家, 是希望公众, 特别是良家少女, 要多多小心, 提防这一娄假面具的佛教徒, 以免一失足成千古恨.
Brother And Sister Of the respectfully
That YIP KUM FOOK, MCA Gombak chairman and his son Yip Jiun Hann (Youth MCA Gombak) they are not only used of power to suck Temple’s money of SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST TEMPLE(Thai) No: 19 Jalan 38 Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. But far worse, they are cheating women and make people family broken. They truly wicked and immoral
Bring forward. I regret that this is true, the purpose is to hope for public, and especially women take care not to be trapped by the end of sweet mouth will override of great loss and pain
No benefit in keeping Pempena afloat
In September last year, four directors of Pembangunan Perlancongan Nasional Sdn Bhd (Pempena) Datuk Yip Kum Fook (MCA GOMBAK, who is BAD name in Buddhist) Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai, Syed Abdul Rahman and Jaigani Jaafar – were served with letters of demand for payment of more than RM12.4 million owed by the company.
The letters from lawyer Joginder Singh, who was acting for Kah Bintang Auto Sdn Bhd were sent by registered post. On receiving the letter, one of them, Lim, the former deputy toursim minister and current deputy finance minister, contacted the CEO of Pempena and asked him to act on the demand.
For a good eight months, nothing happened. No effort was made to contact the motor company or negotiate a settlement. Failing to get a response, Kah Bintang published notice of an intended winding up petition in two national newspapers on May 28. The petition was set to be heard on June 13.
At the hearing, the petition was undefended as neither Pempena nor its lawyers made an appearance. The court allowed the petition and asked that Pempena be given another 14 days to pay up. On June 27, that short lease of life for the company expired and Pempena ceased to exist.
Yesterday, akin to closing the stable door after the horses have bolted, Malaysian Tourism Board chairman Datuk Victor Wee announced that Pempena would be applying for a stay of the winding up order this week.
The decision, he said, was made after a meeting with the management of Pempena last Friday. A new solicitor will be appointed to apply for a stay and work out an amicable settlement.
He was responding to theSun’s front page report which said the High Court had ordered the company to be wound up after failing to pay RM12.4 million for the purchase of 120 units of Hyundai Sonata.
When asked if these actions and the subsequent embarrassment to the government could have been avoided if Pempena had complied or responded to letters from Kah Bintang and its lawyer, Wee declined to comment, saying: “This is something that only Pempena can answer.”
So, the questions are: “Why did the Pempena CEO ignore the letters, and the call from Lim who was then a director of the company? Was it incompetency or sheer arrogance or total defiance of a lawful directive? Why did Pempena not act after the notice was published?
More importantly, where is Pempena going to find RM13 million (including interests and costs) to pay the motor company? Why should it come from the tourism promotion budget when all fingers point to the directors, who by virtue of their positions should be held responsible for this fiasco?
There’s no benefit in keeping Pempena afloat as it has not contributed in anyway to enhance tourism and related products. In short, it has been bleeding financially and has become a burden to Tourism Malaysia.
The best option is to dispose the assets, settle the debts and close shop so that it does not lose more money. Throwing good money after bad does not make good business sense.
-thesundaily.
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