Phang quits MACC panel amid MAS row

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Tan Sri Robert Phang announced his resignation today as a member of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel after graft allegations were levelled at him following his push for an investigation into alleged corrupt practices in Malaysia Airlines.Phang explained that he wanted to preserve his integrity and that of the anti-graft body.
“I have considered this matter and I will walk the talk. I think tendering my resignation is only the right thing for me to do to sincerely help facilitate investigations.

Phang adamant on quitting MACC

Outspoken Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) advisory panel member Robert Phang will resign from his post, despite the commission urging him not to do so.

Phang (right), who is being probed for graft, said it was necessary for him to step down to perserve his integrity and that of the MACC.

Referring to a recent blog post claiming he was involved in corrupt practices in Sabah, Phang said he considers the allegations as "very serious defamation".

He stressed however that by resigning from the panel, it would allow the MACC to investigate the claims against him without any fear of conflict of interests.

MY RESIGNATION TO PRESERVE MY INTEGRITY AND THE MACC

PRESS STATEMENT  : 27th January 2011
Chairman                       : Social Care Foundation


Recently, I came under personal attacks from various anonymous blogs after I raised concerns about public perceptions on a host of issues namely about the lack of action in the MAS Scandal; AG Gani Patail’s Haj Trip under suspicious circumstances; AG Gani Patail’s relationship with the former Chairman of MAS, Tajudin Ramli’s proxy, one En Shahidan Shafie; whether AG Gani Patail was compromised in his decision to not act on the recommendation of Dato’ Ramli Yusuff to institute prosecution against Tajudin and several others; about perceived selective prosecution; and also the attempt to clear AG Gani Patail of these allegations of wrongdoing without any investigation.

Integrity-spat amongst three Tan Sri gets dirtier

I read with shock the New Straits Times (NST, Jan 22) report titled "MACC begins probe into blogger's claims".

Shocking, because this only means the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be kept busy every minute and hour of the day investigating allegations by anonymous bloggers and poison pen letters.

I sympathise with the MACC investigators, if this is so.

Unfortunately, can we really expect the MACC to be so diligent and super efficient in investigating every allegation raised daily?

Just look back in history and you form your own judgment.

Thousands of cases have been reported in the past, mind you, not by anonymous writers, but by people who had also provided documentary evidence and also witnesses.

Stand Up for and Defend Robert Pahang

Lets us stand up for and defend ROBERT PHANG against AGAINST ROGUES AND LIARS
Din Merican

January 20, 2011

PRESS STATEMENT BY:-


TAN SRI DATUK ROBERT PHANG MIOW SIN.

-Justice of Peace
-Chairman Social Care Foundation
-Panel Advisor of Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)

ON THE RECENT PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ME IN ANONYMOUS BLOGS
1. In the last two days I have been receiving many calls from friends and the media asking for my comments on the personal attacks made against me in various anonymous blogs. I have asked these callers to help me identify who these writers and blog-hosts are, but I am told that no such information are available on these blogs. In other words, these are cowards who hide their true identity. These are mercenary writers and spreaders of falsehoods as aptly described by the Malay saying “Lempar Batu Sembunyi Tangan”.

2. It is noted that I started to come under personal attacks only recently, after I raised concerns about public perceptions on a host of issues about the lack of action in the MAS Scandal; the Attorney-General’s Haj Trip under suspicious circumstances; AG Tan Sri Gani Patail’s relationship with the former Chairman of MAS, Tajudin Ramli’s proxy, one Encik Shahidan Shafie; about perceived selective prosecution; and also the disclosure of a confidential MACC meeting by Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam who announced that the AG had been cleared of any wrongdoing without any investigation. For merely asking for accountability for all these controversies that were already in the public domain, I became the subject of these attacks and after all thus UMNO bloggers are working hard to defend these three and spin a new story that MAS did not lose so much money after all.

'YOU CAN'T SHUT ME UP'

By Muzliza Mustafa

Phang says bribery allegation 'utter rubbish and amusing'
MACC advisor says allegation an effort by cowards to shut him up

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel member Tan Sri Robert Phang Miow Sin has described an allegation he tried to bribe a government official as "utter rubbish, misleading and amusing".

Speaking to The Malay Mail at his office in Jalan Yap Kwan Seng yesterday, he labelled the anonymous blog writers who reported the allegation "cowards" who were simply seeking publicity at his expense.

Phang sought to clear his name as it was his active role in fighting corruption and crime-related issues that led to his appointment as a panel member by former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in February 2009 for a two-year term.

He said the allegation, first made in the blog A Voice, was to intimidate him from speaking out on issues of public importance.

Integrity war of three Tan Sri heats up

 

By Jackson Ng
Jan 20, 11

What started as a spat between Tan Sri Robert Phang and Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam has evolved into a full-scale integrity war of three Tan Sri.

Unwittingly, Phang has now found himself up against the Ramon-Gani (Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail) duo.

Phang, a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) panel adviser, had incurred the wrath of the Tan Sri duo following his relentless calls via the media, both in print and internet news portals, to probe allegations against Gani.

Gani had gone on a Haj pilgrimage in Mecca with one Shahidan Shafie who is said to be close to former Malaysia Airlines chairman Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli.