Category: BMF Loans Scandal

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP BMP Protest ceramah held at Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, January 18, 1986 at 9 p.m.

Lim Kit Siang cables Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir to remind him of his undertaking that the Government would immediately publish the BMF final report if Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin accepts responsibility for its publication.

Yesterday, I sent a cable to the Prime Minister, Datuk Sri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, reminding him of his undertaking when I met him at the Prime Minister’s Office on 6th January 1986 that the government has no objection to the publication of the BMF final report if Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin accepts the responsibility for its publication. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang cables Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir to remind him of his undertaking that the Government would immediately publish the BMF final report if Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin accepts responsibility for its publication

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, January 17, 1986:

DAP urges Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir, to officially authorise Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin and Chooi Mun Sou to release the BMF final report on condition they assume full responsibility for its publication.

The DAP commends Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin and Chooi Mun Sou for their courageous public-spiritedness in their preparedness to accept full responsibility in publishing the BMF final report. Continue reading DAP urges Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir, to officially authorise Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin and Chooi Mun Sou to release the BMF final report on condition they assume full responsibility for its publication

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP BMF Protest ceramah held at KEN Seng Charitable Association Hall on Sunday, January 12, 1986 at 9 pm.

DAP warns that the refusal of government to make public the BMF final report would be regarded by the people as a repudiation of the 1982 general election pledge of Barisan Nasional for a ‘clean, efficient and trustworthy’ government

It is now over a month since the submission of the BMF final report by the Ahmad Nordin Inquiry Committee to the government authorities, but the government is still dragging its feet to do its utmost to suppress its full publication. Continue reading DAP warns that the refusal of government to make public the BMF final report would be regarded by the people as a repudiation of the 1982 general election pledge of Barisan Nasional for a ‘clean, efficient and trustworthy’ government

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAp Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP BMF Protest Meeting held at Bukit Mertajam on Thursday, January 9, 1986 at 8 pmMalaysians have a right to demand that they be told the entire story of the $2.5 million BMF loans scandal instead of waiting for a few years for the bits and pieces of the scandal to filter out of the Hong Kong courts

It is now over three years since the $2.5 billion BMF loans scandal crupted publicly, but Malaysians are no nearer to the whole story of the $2.5 nillion BMF loans scandal than three years ago. Continue reading Malaysians have a right to demand that they be told the entire story of the $2.5 million BMF loans scandal instead of waiting for a few years for the bits and pieces of the scandal to filter out of the Hong Kong courts

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, after meeting the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday, January 6, 1986 at 4.30p.m.

Presentation of Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee final report as a command paper to Parliament would provide absolute privilege whereby the government would not be liable for any litigation whatsoever arising from the report’s publication

My suggestion to the Prime Ministeri, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, whereby the Government could honour its pledge and make public the BMF final report of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee without having to bear any legal consequences for any litigation is for the Government to present the final BMF report as a Command Paper in Parliament. Continue reading Presentation of Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee final report as a command paper to Parliament would provide absolute privilege whereby the government would not be liable for any litigation whatsoever arising from the report’s publication

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the second DAP BMF Protest meeting held at Penang Chinese Town Hall, Penang on Tuesday, Dec.31, 1985 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls on Daim Zainuddin to resign as Finance Minister if the Cabinet refuses to honour his pledge of Dec.10 that the government would make the BMF final report. Public if it did not breach the banking secrecy provisions.

After the Ahman Nordim BMF Inquiry Committee completed its BMF final report and submitted it to the authorities on Dec. 9, 1985, the Finance Minister, Daim Zainuddin, told reporters after launching the Employees’ Investment Co-operative of Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad Group at Menara Bumiputra, Kuala Lumpur, that the government would make public the BMF Inquiry Committee final report if itt did not breach the banking secrecy provisions. Continue reading DAP calls on Daim Zainuddin to resign as Finance Minister if the Cabinet refuses to honour his pledge of Dec.10 that the government would make the BMF final report. Public if it did not breach the banking secrecy provisions