(Setiawan, Thursday): The Perak DAP would like to join the pomelo farmers of Tambun to express their outrage and disappointment with the Perak State Government in giving the land they have been cultivating the famous Tambun pomelo on to a company belonging to the wife of an Executive Councillor. What was worse was that the land that was given to Syarikat Yushan Construction Sdn Bhd for the purpose of housing was sold to Brilliant Leisure Sdn Bhd for a clean RM5.0 million!

The DAP Perak elected representatives have repeatedly asked the Menteri Besar of Perak, Dato’ Seri Mohamad Tajol Rosli Ghazali in the State Assembly to reveal the list of names of the State Assemblyman/women who obtain land, timber concession  or contract from the Perak State Government but he has steadfastly refused to do so.

Giving land, timber concessions and contracts to State Assemblymen/women is a form of bribery to silence them from their duty as legislators to check on the executive. This bribery must be stopped immediately to prevent the Perak State from rotting further. The per capital income of the residents of Perak has gone down to below national average at RM12,546-00  while the national average is expected to rise from   RM16,616-00 in 2004 to RM17,741-00 this year.

Action should also be taken against the Executive Councilor for misleading the State Government when he has no intention to develop the land he (through his wife’s company) applied for into a housing scheme. The YAB Menteri Besar is also duty bound to explain why priority  was not given to the existing pomelo farmers when alienating the land. The company of the State Executive Councillor’s wife was out to make a quick buck but the land was a life-line to these pomelo farmers.

The Perak DAP once against calls on YAB Menteri Besar of Perak to reveal the  list of State Assemblymen/women who have received land, timber concession or contract from the State Government.