Category: BMF Loans Scandal

Call on the Bank Bumiputra Chairman and other Board Members to resign if they are not prepared to implement the recommendations and findings of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, March 13, 1986:

Call on the Bank Bumiputra Chairman and other Board Members to resign if they are not prepared to implement the recommendations and findings of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee

Bank Bumiputra Chairman, Tan Sri Bashir Ismail and the Bank BumiputraBoard members should resign if they are not prepared to implement the recommendations and finding of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee, either because they lack the power to act independently or for fear of alienating powerful and influential people. Continue reading Call on the Bank Bumiputra Chairman and other Board Members to resign if they are not prepared to implement the recommendations and findings of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to follow up on the ‘fresh leads’ and to complete the work of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to expose the top political personalities responsible for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, March 11, 1986 on the Motion of Thanks on the Royal Address

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to follow up on the ‘fresh leads’ and to complete the work of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to expose the top political personalities responsible for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal

Malaysia is going through a grave national crisis. Never before in our 29-year history, have we been confronted with so many complex and fundamental problems on virtually all fronts, whether politics, economics, education; religion, nation-building or in our social life. Continue reading DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to follow up on the ‘fresh leads’ and to complete the work of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to expose the top political personalities responsible for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal

Samy Vellu’s statement confirmed that most Ministers have not read the BMF Final Report when they chopped and changed their Cabinet decision about the publication and non-tabling of the Report

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in PJ on Sunday, 9.3.1986:

Samy Vellu’s statement confirmed that most Ministers have not read the BMF Final Report when they chopped and changed their Cabinet decision about the publication and non-tabling of the Report

Works Minister, Datuk Samy Vellu, said yesterday that most Cabinet Ministers were given a copy of final report on the BMF loans scandal two days ago. This has confirmed my suspicion all along that most of the Cabinet Ministers, including all MCA, Gerakan, MIC and most UMNO Ministers, had not read the BMF Final Report themselves when they chopped and changed their Cabinet decision about the Report. Continue reading Samy Vellu’s statement confirmed that most Ministers have not read the BMF Final Report when they chopped and changed their Cabinet decision about the publication and non-tabling of the Report

Scandalous that not a single person had been arrested and punished for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal which is in its sixth year

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lira Kit Siang, at the DAP PJ Old Town Committee meeting in PJ on Monday, 27th January 1986 at 7 p.m.

Scandalous that not a single person had been arrested and punished for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal which is in its sixth year

UMNO Youth Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, said in Kepala Batas on Sunday that the Opposition, in particular the DAP, would be disappointed when the BMF final report is tabled in Parliament in March expecting it to demonstrate the government’s mistakes. Continue reading Scandalous that not a single person had been arrested and punished for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal which is in its sixth year

DAP calls on the Government to table in March Parliament all the eight reports prepared by the Ahmad Nordin Inquiry Committee on the $2.5 billion BMF scandal

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the PSRM forum on BMF: Bersih dan Amanah? held at the Panggong Dewan Bandaraya, Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 24th January 1986

DAP calls on the Government to table in March Parliament all the eight reports prepared by the Ahmad Nordin Inquiry Committee on the $2.5 billion BMF scandal

Yesterday, at the illegal public rally in Seremban, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, launched the Barisan Nasional’s political offensive against those who demand the full disclosure of the $2.5 billion BMF scandal and the publication of the BMP final report as people who are only out for ‘political gain’. Continue reading DAP calls on the Government to table in March Parliament all the eight reports prepared by the Ahmad Nordin Inquiry Committee on the $2.5 billion BMF scandal

DAP proposes a special parliamentary sitting on the BMF final report in mid-February and the establishment of a Special Parliamentary Inquiry Committee to conduct further investigations on the basis of the BMF final report

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka in Penang on Thursday, 25.1.1386 at 12 noon

DAP proposes a special parliamentary sitting on the BMF final report in mid-February and the establishment of a Special Parliamentary Inquiry Committee to conduct further investigations on the basis of the BMF final report

While I have welcomed the Cabinet decision yesterday to the full BMF final report in the next meeting of parliament on March 10, I note that the Government had not given any assurance that there would be full and adequate time for a special parliamentary debate on the final report. Continue reading DAP proposes a special parliamentary sitting on the BMF final report in mid-February and the establishment of a Special Parliamentary Inquiry Committee to conduct further investigations on the basis of the BMF final report

Dividing Malaysians into bumiputeras and non-bumiputeras is the greatest cause of national disunity in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Debat Perdana organised by Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar USM (MPPUSM) at the Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra, USM on ‘Malaysia Di-Persimpangan Jalan: Ke Arah Mana? on Wednesday, 22nd Jan.86 at 8.30 p.m.

Dividing Malaysians into bumiputeras and non-bumiputeras is the greatest cause of national disunity in Malaysia

The topic ,Malaysia di Persimpangan Jalan: Ke Arah Mana, is very pertinent as never before since Merdeka 30 years ago, have Malaysians been confronted with such a multiple of complex, fundamental and far-reaching problems and issues over a whole range of our national life, in political, economic, educational, cultural, social, religious and every nation-building aspect. Continue reading Dividing Malaysians into bumiputeras and non-bumiputeras is the greatest cause of national disunity in Malaysia

Why has the General, Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin, fallen so fast in government esteem?

Arrival statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at Kuala Trengganu Airport on January 19, 1986 at 4.40 p.m.

Why has the General, Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin, fallen so fast in government esteem?

From the Prime Minister’s reply to the memorandum of Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin and Chooi Mun Sou on the BMF final report, it is very clear that the public esteem Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed had for the Auditor-General had evaporated. Continue reading Why has the General, Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin, fallen so fast in government esteem?

DAP calls on Cabinet on Wednesday to redeem public confidence by deciding on the immediate full publication of the BMF final report

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, January 19, 1986:

DAP calls on Cabinet on Wednesday to redeem public confidence by deciding on the immediate full publication of the BMF final report

Finance Minister, Daim Zainuddin, has called on the people to be patient and wait for the Cabinet’s decision whether the BMF final report would be made public. Daim Zainuddin and the other Cabinet Ministers should realise that the $2.5 billion BMF loans scandal has now a seven-year- long history, and public patience is wearing thin at the continued procrastination of the government to give a full public accounting. Continue reading DAP calls on Cabinet on Wednesday to redeem public confidence by deciding on the immediate full publication of the BMF final report

Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohammed should resign as Prime Minister if he is not prepared to honour his undertaking that the government would make the BMF final report once Ahmad Nordin accepts responsibility for it

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-Genera and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Saturday, Jan.13.1986:

Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohammed should resign as Prime Minister if he is not prepared to honour his undertaking that the government would make the BMF final report once Ahmad Nordin accepts responsibility for it

The Prime Minister’s curt refusal to allow Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin and Chooi Mum Sou the authority to release the Ahmad Nordin BKF final report, although they have both fulfilled the Prime Minister’s demand that they accept full responsibility for its publication, has dealt a shattering blow to the public confidence in government credibility. Continue reading Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohammed should resign as Prime Minister if he is not prepared to honour his undertaking that the government would make the BMF final report once Ahmad Nordin accepts responsibility for it