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Jawapan oleh Timbalan Menteri Science, Technologi and Inovasi mengenai: TechnoFund – Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd

Soalan yang dibentangkan di Parlimen:

Kementerian of Science, Technologies and Inovasi : TechnoFund – Venturepharm asia Sdn Bhd – Sebagai contoh, Kementerian Science, Technologies and Innovation (MOSTI) semasa berurus dengan TechnoFund juta-juta Rnggit telah diagihkan dengan tiada kawalan kepada syarikat penyelidikan palsu. Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd (Venturepharm), satu syarikat yang dimiliki dan dikawal oleh Madam Grace Chen Oyan Yun Shai, yang berasal dari Taiwan. Venturepharm menggunakan satu perjanjian palsu yang telah ditandatangani dengan XLW Inc di USA untuk membuat penyelidikan bio-feed.  XLW Inc adalah tidak wujud. Dengan tiadanya proses pencarian dan siasatan yang sewarjanya, MOSTI telah memluluskan Technofund berjumlah RM5.36 million kepada Ventruepharm. Dalam tempoh satu tahun, MOSTI telah membayar  sejumlah RM2.3 million dengan tiada “due diligent”. telah memberi semua maklumat-maklumat yang terperinci termasuk   Joint Venture agreement, emails dalam sessi Parlimen terdahulu berkenaan penipuan Venturepharm dan juga telah memberi bukti-bukti dokumen kepada Menteri MOSTI, sehingga sekarang, MOSTI belum mengambil apa-apa tindakan untuk mendakwa pengarah-pengarah Venturepharm …

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PM: Suspend award to Venturepharm to build Malaysia Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 until completion of investigations by MACC

The Star Newspapers reported on page 6 on 5th August, 2009:

“The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is investigating several officials from the Tourism Ministry following allegations of irregularities.  It is learnt that the MACC was investigating the awarding of contract to a foreign company that did not have the expertise to run a project that is said to be worth more than RM10 mil.

MACC officers would also be sent overseas to collect documents and files pertaining to the awarding of the contract, allegedly made via direct negotiations.

Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong had in June raised in the Dewan Rakyat several issues concerning the Tourism Ministry.  He had alleged that the ministry was involved in irregularities, especially in the awarding of contracts to a company that had no experience in the field.”

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Minister of Tourism says Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd has no political link!

Update, 22 July 2009: World Shanghai Expo 2010 website here also publishes most of what I have written about on this subject!

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Menteri Pelancongan kata Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd tidak mempunyai hubungan politik! (Versi BM ada dibawah)

The Minister of Tourism Datuk Seri Ng Yen Yen, had denied in The Sun today (20 July 2009) that there was no “political link” when it awarded the RM19 million contract to Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd (Venturepharm) to build the Malaysia Pavilion for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai and that it was done via an open tender and the process was carried out in a clear and transparent manner. The Minister had also denied that the ministry had helped Venturepharm to win the contract.

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