{"id":353926,"date":"2017-06-30T19:18:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T11:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/general-salleh-slams-pakatan-harapan-over-rci-on-forex-losses\/"},"modified":"2017-06-30T19:18:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T11:18:01","slug":"general-salleh-slams-pakatan-harapan-over-rci-on-forex-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/general-salleh-slams-pakatan-harapan-over-rci-on-forex-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"General : Salleh Slams Pakatan Harapan Over RCI On Forex Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/span>PUTRAJAYA, June 30 (Bernama) — Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak today told the opposition Pakatan Harapan not to politicise the decision to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to determine the truth behind the foreign exchange losses suffered by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in the 1980s and 1990s.<\/p>\n

He said the Cabinet decision to establish the RCI was made without any malicious or political intent, and that the RCI was a recommendation of the Special Task Force (STF) headed by former Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan that had probed the forex losses.<\/p>\n

“The Cabinet did the right thing to have the RCI because the nation and the people want to know the truth.<\/p>\n

“That decision was made because the forex losses were so huge that it caused BNM to be technically bankrupt,” he said in a statement here.<\/p>\n

Salleh said the Pakatan Harapan intention to go on a roadshow on the matter was aimed at confusing the people and undermining the RCI.<\/p>\n

“This clearly demonstrates that Pakatan Harapan is a failed opposition because they propagate double standards.<\/p>\n

“When (former prime minister Tun Dr) Mahathir (Mohamad) was with UMNO, they demanded an RCI. Now that Mahathir is with them, they reject the RCI,\\” he said.<\/p>\n

On June 21, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the Cabinet unanimously agreed with the recommendation of the STF that there was a need to form an RCI to investigate the forex losses.<\/p>\n

It said the task force had also found that there had been attempts to conceal facts on the forex losses — with confusing information given to the Cabinet and Parliament.<\/p>\n

The PMO said the task force found that there was a prima facie case to be answered by BNM for the losses and, therefore, had recommended the formation of the RCI.<\/p>\n

It said the establishment of the RCI was therefore expected to unravel the issue which had shackled the country for the past 23 years.<\/p>\n

— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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