Tourism Ministry asked for bribe to win contract

[silver_bird]

ISC Advertisment agency was asked for bribes to win tourism contract

# ISC CEO rebut Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen’s denial of “ambiguity” in the tender process for the advertising and promotions contract, worth a total of RM381 million.

# We were approached to offer the ministry a 50 per cent “rebate” or an annual share of the firm’s income from the account

# In exchange, ISC would “re-win” another three-year Tourism Malaysia contract for the Europe, North America and Oceania tender

# Sensing it's illegal demand, ISC decided to withdraw its tender

# ISC’s founders, shareholders, directors and management had unanimously agreed that the incident was a “grave insult” and that it added further suspicion to the ambiguity of the tender process on a whole.

# The ministry told us we could only bill Tourism Malaysia RM3 million both in 2009 and 2010 for its previous three-year contract for Europe, which was actually worth RM18 million annually.

# Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen earlier said in Parliament she was unaware of the five companies that were each awarded three-year contracts, totalling RM381 million but now she seems to acknowledge knowing at least two of them after questioned by YB Jeff Ooi.

# One of the tender winners is a friend of the Minister and the other awarded to MCA Vice-president.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ad-agency-says-was-asked-for-bribes-to-win-tourism-contract/

http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results

No wonder, Transparency International Corruption Perception Index rank Malaysia 56th most corrupted out of 178 countries.

Malaysia, truly Asia
Rotten to the core.

[Raikonen]

Quite common..if u have ever dealt in govt tenders and procurement, you would be shocked how rampant and blatant it is... Shameless so called leaders or ministers

[Sentinel]

Nothing will happen to the Touring.... errrr Tourism Minister, you bet! MACC not interested. Only after RM2,400 alleged misuse by the ADUN from Seri Kembangan!

[Shaneburger]

“They will help bear witness to the fact that ISC — led by our then-chairman, co-founder and investor Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir..."

ISC owner is Mukhriz Mahatir?
ISC had the tourism contract for 11 years?
ALL govt contracts over RM 10M need approval from MoF?

crony vs crony ke? :D

rakyat pays in the end? :mad:

[Sentinel]

What else is new in Bolehland? In the 80s this Austen Zecha fler set up an advertising agency with Marina Mahathir inside and the next thing you know it, MAS, TDC (now Tourism Malaysia lah...) and Proton accounts got in the pocket. It became the biggest agency overnight pushing aside agencies like Ogilvy & Mather etc. So, tell me, what else is new in Bolehland?

[silver_bird]

Dep Minister Liew Vui Keong : "Five agencies team up to fight corruption" :-

JPJ
Police
Custom
Immigration
MACC

# They will assist the Government in its fight against corruption and are seeking the cooperation of the public.

# The public must be secure in knowing that their complaints will be taken seriously, and once this is achieved, more people will come forward

# The campaign would promote a culture of intolerance towards corruption

# Hotline at 1-800-88-6000.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/18/nation/8292023&sec=nation

Will U come forward to assist them ?

[Raikonen]

Just PR stunt before elections. No way I would whistle blow to the corrupt and incompetent to "catch" their ilk...you would probably end up having to hide in ano
ther country like Bala...

[cml]

They would go after the whistle blower and put him or her in jail!! That's how much confidence i have in our enforcement agencies. Full stop.

[cml]

Anyway to them its not a bribe but a contribution to their improved welfare. Even buying numbers is ok because it is melabur and not gambling.

[cml]

I see the case quite simply as changing the receipient of the gravy train as the political masters have changed. The company was given the contract during the old mans time and to a company where his son was the chairman. When he was all powerful , no one could touch the company . Now since the old man is not in charge anymore, these new fellas are lobbying for the piece of the pie and instead of giving it all to one which would invite more queries, it is now spread across 5 but then the original party had the pie all to himself and so naturally they would scream and shout. But then they should not forget times have changed and they do not have they much clout anymore and the new political masters needs contributions to maintain their position either in the party.

[USJ27Resident]

Dep Minister Liew Vui Keong : "Five agencies team up to fight corruption" :-

JPJ
Police
Custom
Immigration
MACC

Will U come forward to assist them ?

Will you? I wouldn't... I don't know how to fly from any 14th floor... Damn, as it is - one agency is good enough to make you sh!t bricks... now to contend with 4 more... eeeeek!! :eek:

Just goes to show nobody trust ANY of these govt (protecting!) agencies!!

[silver_bird]

How to report to Immigration when Ex-Deputy Director-General of Immigration Dept was sentenced to 56 years in jail and fined a total of RM620,000 for 14 counts of corruption.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/21/courts/7661078&sec=courts

Shall we report to MACC?

[cml]

He will appeal and after everything has died down he will be released and aquitted simply because he is their own kind. So many precedents and so many wayangs we have seen it is no longer funny anymore.

[silver_bird]

Hello Dep. Minister Liew,
If you're serious about combating corruption, kindly urgently look into Transparency International Malaysia request.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ti-m-urges-graft-probe-on-taib/

[Raikonen]

Eh...this one is untouchable...he is big boss man.

[currymee]

Name me a ministry that is clean, transparent, "corruption-free" and I can tell you that Ministry is BROKE - NO BUDGET - POOKAI !!!! :p :p :D :D

[cml]

Yup for the time being he is untouchable. Because he is bee ends fixed deposit.

[silver_bird]

And he's likely to quit CM post after state election over.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/taib-to-quit-as-cm-after-sarawak-polls-say-sources/

Wah, so complacent-meh?