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SEREMBAN: The Defence Ministry has forwarded all documents relating to the purchase of Rapid Intervention Vehicles (RIVs) to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) after the Sultan of Johor questioned the price.
Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the documents were given to the MACC some three weeks ago.
“We want the MACC to carry out a thorough probe. If there is any irregularity in the acquisition of the RIVs, then we want the next course of action to be taken,” he said.
Legal action, warned Ahmad Zahid, would be taken against anyone found to have breached regulations relating to the purchase of the vehicles.
“If the MACC investigation shows that procedures have not been followed or if there is any discrepancy in the purchase, then there will be court action.
“But if the MACC doesn't find anything to suggest any wrongdoing, it is my hope that the matter will be put to rest,” said Ahmad Zahid, who did not reveal the cost or the number of RIVs acquired.
The matter came to light when Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar questioned why some purchases by the ministry cost way above the market price.
Sultan Ibrahim, who is also a Colonel in the Special Forces, had cited the ministry's four RIVs costing RM690,000 each when he had acquired one for a mere RM150,000.
The Ruler, who asked that the ministry control and scrutinise all purchases, had also said that there were cases of army personnel, including generals, who became businessmen after their retirement.
On another matter, Ahmad Zahid said the Malaysian Armed Forces had managed to recover two engine generators worth millions of ringgit belonging to Tenaga Nasional.
These generators, he said, were taken by pirates from the Philippines when the ship transporting the generators to Sabah from Langkawi was hijacked in international waters off Kudat in June.
:taken from thestar
SEREMBAN: The Defence Ministry has forwarded all documents relating to the purchase of Rapid Intervention Vehicles (RIVs) to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) after the Sultan of Johor questioned the price.
Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the documents were given to the MACC some three weeks ago.
“We want the MACC to carry out a thorough probe. If there is any irregularity in the acquisition of the RIVs, then we want the next course of action to be taken,” he said.
Legal action, warned Ahmad Zahid, would be taken against anyone found to have breached regulations relating to the purchase of the vehicles.
“If the MACC investigation shows that procedures have not been followed or if there is any discrepancy in the purchase, then there will be court action.
“But if the MACC doesn't find anything to suggest any wrongdoing, it is my hope that the matter will be put to rest,” said Ahmad Zahid, who did not reveal the cost or the number of RIVs acquired.
The matter came to light when Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar questioned why some purchases by the ministry cost way above the market price.
Sultan Ibrahim, who is also a Colonel in the Special Forces, had cited the ministry's four RIVs costing RM690,000 each when he had acquired one for a mere RM150,000.
The Ruler, who asked that the ministry control and scrutinise all purchases, had also said that there were cases of army personnel, including generals, who became businessmen after their retirement.
On another matter, Ahmad Zahid said the Malaysian Armed Forces had managed to recover two engine generators worth millions of ringgit belonging to Tenaga Nasional.
These generators, he said, were taken by pirates from the Philippines when the ship transporting the generators to Sabah from Langkawi was hijacked in international waters off Kudat in June.
:taken from thestar
