00:00Transport Minister Lok Siu Fook today asked if Public Accounts Committee Chairman Mas Emriyati
00:07Samsuddin had ulterior motives in suggesting that he could be summoned to testify on allegations
00:14regarding a RM500 million loss in the Malaysia Airport's Holdings Berhad privatisation deal.
00:20Lok, the DAP Secretary-General, asked if Mas Emriyati's remarks were politically motivated
00:26and said the Bersatu Wanita Chief appeared to be attempting to create a negative perception of him.
00:32He also asked why the Transport Ministry was being linked to the issue,
00:36saying MAHB's transactions had nothing to do with his ministry as it was a listed company.
00:56He was confused. I don't know if he didn't understand or didn't want to understand.
01:00So, if you want to ask for an explanation, ask the EPF.
01:04The PSC Chairman, he tried to link this issue to the public accounts committee.
01:10I don't know if there is a political agenda or not.
01:12Coincidentally, the Minister of Transport is from the DAP.
01:15So, he wants to blame the DAP. Whatever the DAP's fault.
01:20Last Tuesday, the Gateway Development Alliance Consortium comprising EPF,
01:24Kazana Nasional Berhad-backed UEM Group Berhad, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority,
01:30and BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners
01:33succeeded in getting enough shares to delist and take MAHB private.
01:38Before the deal was sealed, its critics claimed that EPF had lost RM500 million in stock trading
01:44from buying back MAHB shares at higher prices after selling them at lower rates.
01:50On February 1st, Mas Emriyati said the relevant people, including Lok,
01:54would be called to testify in stages,
01:57with proceedings set to begin in the second week of this month.
02:01Pan Yujo, FMT News.
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