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Of course DAP’s Hannah Yeoh has no comments

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31, 2024: Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh held a media conference in her ministry today but she declined to comment on Asia Mobility’s controversy.

Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd (Asia Mobiliti) is headed by Yeoh’s husband, M Ramachandran, as one of two firms to run a nine-month proof of concept (POC) for a demand-responsive transit (DRT) project in Selangor.

The DAP and Selangor state government have been under heavy public criticisms for failing to go through an Open Tender process to award multi-billion-Ringgit projects.

Of course she has not comment as the award clearly runs foul of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan Harapan (PH)’s Open Tender Policy for all government projects.

The image of both the DAP and Selangor state government are being battered by the public, as depicted in the above two images circulated in social-media.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on Yeoh’s lame excuse to skirt the issue:

Yeoh declines to comment on Asia Mobiliti controversy

Faisal Asyraf-31 May 2024, 12:33 PM

Youth and sports minister Hannah Yeoh tells reporters the issue has ‘nothing to do’ with her ministry. 

 Youth and sports minister Hannah Yeoh has been in the spotlight since it was revealed that a firm linked to her husband was chosen to run a public transport service in Selangor.

PUTRAJAYA: Youth and sports minister Hannah Yeoh has declined to comment on the controversy surrounding the Selangor government’s appointment of a firm linked to her husband to run a public transport service in the state.

Various parties have highlighted the possibility of preferential treatment and conflict of interest in the selection of Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd (Asia Mobiliti), which is headed by Yeoh’s husband, M Ramachandran, as one of two firms to run a nine-month proof of concept (POC) for a demand-responsive transit (DRT) project.

“No, because that has nothing to do with the youth and sports ministry, and this is a youth and sports ministry event,” Yeoh told reporters when asked to comment on the issue today.

She was speaking to reporters at the youth and sports ministry here after launching the Sport Satellite Account 2022, an accounting system that provides detailed information on the sports industry and measures its contribution to the nation’s economy.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief Azam Baki has said the anti-graft agency will not probe the awarding of the DRT project as there was no link between Yeoh’s ministry and the Selangor government.

“It was the state who decided on the matter. It was the (Selangor) menteri besar who decided on it. It was not her decision,” he said at a meeting with representatives from the online media on Tuesday.

Yesterday, menteri besar Amirudin Shari said Asia Mobiliti and Badanbas Coach Sdn Bhd were selected for the POC, which ends in July, as they were approved by the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad).

“Even if we were to conduct an open tender, only two companies at that time had permission to do the POC … so questions about whether there should have been an open tender or not are not valid,” he told a press conference at the Seri Selangor Golf Club in Petaling Jaya.

Amirudin also said he is open to disclosing the complete details of Asia Mobiliti’s appointment and minutes of the meetings involving Apad.

Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil also said the DRT project has not been awarded to Asia Mobiliti as claimed by certain parties.

Speaking to reporters after Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, Fahmi said Asia Mobiliti had only been appointed to run a POC for a nine-month period.