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揭露:砂政府发展金拨款,每年十几亿令吉还砂州贷款。

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 09:19 PM PST

民主行动党古晋市国会议员兼哥打圣淘沙州议员张健仁今日揭露,砂州政府透过其属下5间子公司,在过去几年,总共借了17亿令吉和33亿7300万美元的贷款(不包括砂能源公司和砂经济发展局的贷款),而这些贷款,都是由砂州财政的"黑洞"("政府供款给所批准的代理机构"基金)户口偿还。

"这5间公司是,Sarawak Capital Assets有限公司、SSG Capital Resources有限公司、SGOS Capital Holdings有限公司、Equisar有限公司和Sarawak Technology Holdings有限公司。" 

根据州政府在今届的州议会所提呈的"政府供款给所批准的代理机构"基金户口财务报告,从2011年至2014年,砂州政府的发展金拨款,平均每年用以还债的数目是约16亿令吉。

以下是该户口的财务报告书所列出的数字:

年份-偿还政府欠债的数目
2011-1,603,684,801.03
2012-1,601,528,773.96
2013-2,005,791,252.49
2014-1,465,369,532.17

张健仁透露,自2006年,砂州政府每年平均都从砂州政府的发展金拨了十多亿令吉,进入这"政府供款给所批准的代理机构"基金户口,其中包括2016年砂州财政预算案,也拨了14亿令吉1867万令吉进入这户口。

张氏表示,他从2010年开始就不断的追问这笔钱到底用在那里,但砂州政府都三缄其口,不肯透露这户口里的钱的来龙去脉。 直到2013年,经过国家稽查司发出警告书之后,砂州政府才在州议会提呈该户口2006 – 2010 的财务报告书。 但是该5年的财务报告书却没指名几十亿令吉的钱是用在哪里。

"之后我还是不断的追问,最终,在今届的砂州议会,砂州政府终於在州议会提呈了该户口2011年 – 2014年的财务报告书,其中也透露,几十亿令吉的钱都是用在还砂州政府这5间子公司的债务。"

张氏说,虽然在该报告书中也阐明,这些债务是用以资付各类的工程,但是,它却没有列出究竟那些工程是什么工程。

张氏也说,通常,若是政府要拨款进行发展工程,政府必须在每年的财政预算案中列明工程的资料。 但是,以这种方式(透过政府借钱来资付工程),政府就可隐瞒有关工程的资料和进展,即,工程批给谁、各项工程的数目是多少、是否有无经过公开超标、工程的进展程序、甚至乎钱付了到底工程有没有进行、等。

"就比如,砂州政府透过Sarawak Capital Assets有限公司,借了6亿5000万美元的贷款,这笔约马币20多亿令吉的贷款,到底用在资付什么工程,及还给谁,州议会都不得而知。 当中是否有'干捞'或中饱私囊的事件,州议会也不得而知。"

张氏指出,砂州政府的这种做法,是要避开行政对立法的问责。 

这与举国闻名的1MDB的资金转移的原理是一样的。 只不过,1MDB的情况是,政府以价值连城的政府地给1MDB来偿还1MDB的贷款,而砂州政府却是直接以发展拨款来偿还这些政府公司的贷款。

"另外,这些外债的债卷大部份是以美金计算。 当砂州政府借钱时,1美元是约3.2 – 3.5令吉。 如今马币贬值到1美元兑4.2令吉,致使砂州政府的这笔33亿美元债卷,平白无故的增加了30%的还债负担。 砂州政府本来需要还100亿令吉的债,现在这笔债却无端端的增至130亿令吉的。 这些都是要砂州人民去承担的。"

张氏也表示,虽然砂州政府欲层层的掩饰这笔巨款的去向,但是身为砂州人民代议士,张氏还是会继续的打破沙窝问到底,替砂州人民问个明白,也要砂州政府给予砂州人民一个交代。

Billions of Development Allocations to Repay Debts of Sarawak Government’s Subsidiary Companies

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 09:13 PM PST

The Sarawak Government has been using Billions of Development Fund to repay the debts of 5 of its subsidiary companies, namely Sarawak Capital AssetsSdnBhd, SSG Capital ResourcesSdnBhd, SGOS Capital HoldingsSdnBhd, EquisarSdnBhd and Sarawak Technology HoldingsSdn Bhd.
Since Year 2006, the Sarawak State Government has, on average, allocated more than RM1 billion of its Development Fund into an account called "Government Contribution Towards Approved Agencies" Trust Account, including a sum of RM1.418 billion in the 2016 Budget.
The State Government has been keeping very secretive on the operation of this Account and has evaded many questions asked by me since 2010 in respect of its operation.
It was not until 2013, after a reprimand by the Federal Auditors-General that the Sarawak State Government tabled in DUN Sarawak, the Financial Statements of this Account for the years 2006 – 2010.
However, those financial statements were all one-page statements where no information was revealed to whom the billions of Ringgit in the account was paid.
After several rounds of persistent questioning, finally, in the recent DUN meeting, the Government tabled the Financial Statement of the said Trust Account for the years 2011 till 2014. In those statements, its revealed that the billions of Ringgit in the said Account were all used to repay the loan taken up by the Sarawak State Government through the above-mentioned 5 of its subsidiary companies.
The financial statements of the "Government Contribution Towards Approved Agencies" Trust Account for the years 2011 till 2014, which were tabled in Sarawak Dun in the December,2016 meetings, reveal as follows:
1. For the past 10 years, the Sarawak State Government borrowed a total RM1.7 billion and US$ 3.373 billion.
2. From 2011 – 2014, the repayment of the loan by the Sarawak State Government are as follows:
Year - Amount of Loan Repayment (RM)
2011 - 1,603,684,801.03
2012 -1,601,528,773.96
2013 -2,005,791,252.49
2014 -1,465,369,532.17
(no information was given on the repayment of loan for the years prior to this)

Though it was stated in the Financial Statements that the loans were "Grants for Financing Various Projects", there is totally no mention whatsoever on the details of the said financed "Projects".
Normally, if projects were financed directly from the development allocations in the Budgets, the Government has to list out and be answerable in DUN on the details of the projects. However, under this mode of financing, ie. through a loan taken up by the State Government, the State Government is circumventing the requirement to be answerable to DUN on the details of the projects.
As such, information like, what are the "Projects" financed, how much is the costs of each "Project", who are the contractors involved, whether there is any open tenders called for the award of the "Projects", progress of the "Projects", etc are all not available and not accountable to DUN.
Because the Projects are financed through loans of the Sarawak State Goernment's subsidiary companies, technically, the State Government is not even accountable and answerable to the Sarawak DUN on the fundamental question whether the Projects actually exist.
For instance, the State Government through Sarawak Capital Assets SdnBhd, borrowed US$650 million, an equivalent of approximately RM2 billion. The DUN Sarawak was kept in the dark on what "Projects" were financed by this amount and to whom the amount was eventually paid. Is there any mis-appropriation of fund or corruption involved?
This mode of circumventing the scrutiny and accountability to the Sarawak DUN is similar to the modus operandi of the 1MDB scandal, except that in the case of 1MDB, the Federal Government transfers valuable land to 1MDB for the latter to sell and repay the latter's debt but in the Sarawak State Government's case, it is a direct allocation of Development Fund for these subsidiary companies to repay their loans.
On another note, when the State Government borrowed these loans, the then prevailing exchange rates are in the region of US$1 to RM3.2 – 3.5. Now the exchange rates is US$1 to RM4.2. For the US$3.3 billion loan, the State Government's obligation to repay has increased by approximately 30%. The RM10 billion debt is now approximately RM13 billion debt and every single Ringgit will have to be borne by us Sarawakian.
Despite the Government's attempted cover-up on the usage of this astronomical fund, I will continue to pursue on this question and make the Sarawak State Government answerable to the people and provide us the answers.
The only way by which the State Government can stop me from asking the questions in DUN is to stop me from getting re-elected as an ADUN.
22-12-2015
Chong Chieng Jen
MP for Bandar Kuching
ADUN for Kota Sentosa

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