Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said those who avoid paying tax can be regarded as having betrayed the country. This, he said, was because the responsibility to pay tax was one of the pillars of patriotism. “The definition of patriotism in our country is that we must discharge our responsibility to the country for the good of the people and the nation."
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Datuk Seri Rosmah Mansor was invited to the women's summit in Qatar in her personal capacity and it was not an invitation to the government, said Pengerang MP Datuk Seri Azalina Othman. "The invitation was not on a government-to-government basis but on a personal basis," Azalina said in Parliament today during the debate on Budget 2014.Azalina had also accompanied Rosmah on that trip. She also revealed in Parliament that it was Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who chaired the Cabinet meeting that approved the use of the government jet for the trip, and not Rosmah's husband, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim had said the Cabinet had given its approval for Rosmah to use the government jet for the trip, causing opposition lawmakers to accuse the Cabinet of acting irresponsibly and in an undignified manner...
This did not stop Datuk Seri Noh Omar (BN-Tanjung Karang) who jumped to Rosmah's defence, saying that Malaysians should be proud that she was given such recognition by the Qatar government, as not all the wives of leaders in the region were given such an honour. "I don't understand why can't anyone appreciate this. This is always the case with the opposition. Those who make the country proud are treated as enemies, while those who bring down the name of the country are treated as heroes," he said.
Later at the Parliament lobby, Datuk Seri Jamaluddin Jarjis (BN-Rompin) said through the invitation, Rosmah had upheld the good name of Malaysia. "It not as though she went on her own, we should be proud that she was given the honour to speak at the forum," he said...
Rosmah was in Qatar last week to deliver a keynote address at the 4th Qatar International Business Women Forum in Doha, organised by the Qatari Businesswomen Association and the Interactive Business Network. Accompanying her were Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, who is special adviser to the prime minister on women entrepreneurs and professionals; Datin Seri Siti Rubiah Datuk Abdul Samad, wife of Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman; Datin Seri Khamarzan Ahmad Meah, wife of International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed; and Datin Seri Che Kamariah Zakaria, wife of Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh.
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Former tourism minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen racked up a RM2.71 million bill for overseas trips between 2010 and January this year, at a time when Putrajaya was telling Malaysians to tighten their belts and adjust their lifestyles because of rising living costs...
In a parliamentary written reply to Lim Guan Eng (DAP - Bagan), Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said in 2010 Dr Ng and her delegations spent RM1.28 million on overseas trips in January, April, May, June, August, September and October that year.
In 2011, Dr Ng and her accompanying delegations ran up a bill of RM814,142 on trips in May, July, August and November. Last year, RM588,547 was spent on trips in January, March, May, July and November. Her last trip was made in January this year when she and her delegation spent RM35,400.
Dr Ng was appointed tourism minister from April 2009 until the 13th General Election where she was not fielded. She was not appointed back to the Cabinet but her successor Nazri appointed her as the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board chair.
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Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Nur Jazlan Mohamed said he found no element of discrepancy or wrongdoing in the RM1.6 million expenditure made by former Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek on the K-Pop concert held last year. After a two-hour hearing with Shabery today, Nur Jazlan said at a press conference, that he found the expenditure to be ‘value for money’, eventhough the upfront payment made to the three Korean groups by the Ministry was against government procedures...
The K-Pop concert controversy first surfaced in the 2012 Auditor-General’s Report, stating that Malaysian taxpayers’ money was used to pay for the concert and was not sponsored. The concert was held during the Youth Day 2012 in Putrajaya and included performances by three South Korean groups – U-Kiss, Teen-Top and Dal Shabet.
Current Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin claimed that the government was forced to foot the bill because there was a last minute pull-out by several sponsors. His predecessor Ahmad Shabery, had earlier said that the ministry had received RM20 million from domestic and foreign corporate sponsors for the event.
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Speaking at the parliament’s lobby, Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching today slammed the Johor state government for charging a high water tariff on its own people although the state received RM430,000 monthly from Malacca and Singapore respectively.
“Johor should be considered as lucky as we can make profit from selling raw water to Malacca and Singapore. Johor government is selling raw water to Malacca for the price of RM0.30 per 1,000 gallons and RM0.03 per 1,000 gallons to Singapore.
The fact is Johor is making profit from selling untreated water and Johoreans are paying higher water tariff than the Malaysians in Malacca,” she said in a statement. She then added that the charges were far above the national average of RM0.66/m3; making them pay an extra of 159% for consuming water."
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