THE SUN
Friday, March 14, 2003

Ng was Aussie PR when appointed senator
by R. Nadeswaran

PETALING JAYA: Deputy Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Ng Yen Yen was a permanent resident of Australia when she took the oath of loyalty to King and country when she was appointed a senator more than nine years ago.

(The) documents (filed with the Australian authorities) list her as a director of an Australian company, Indo Pacific Securities Limited, together with two other Australians and two Malaysians - businessman Datuk Soh Chee Wen and former Air Force chief Tan Sri Gen (Rtd) Mohamed Ngah.

She was a director from April 1992 until she resigned in May 1995. Ng took her oath of office as a senator in August 1993, but nine months earlier she had declared herself as a permanent resident of Australia.

In her resignation letter to the board of directors, she gave her full name as "Senator Dr Ng Yen Yen". The 1992 profile of the directors describe Ng as "a Malaysian qualified and registered medical practitioner".

"She has been living in Australia for approximately three years... and has undertaken substantial business activities concerned with the import of intellectual properties and commodities," the documents said.