MB Khalid: PKNS wrongly understood Selangor State EXCO's decision

- do you agree with this reason? Are the PKNS directors so inept that they would have misinterpreted Azmin's action in returning the PKNS car prior to GE13 (which was required under policy before state elections) as an indication that Azmin has been dropped as Selangor Exco?
- was Azmin the only Selangor State ADUN that returned his car prior to GE13?
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(Jan 25): Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said that the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) had misinterpreted the state executive council (exco)'s decision over Azmin Ali's status as PKNS board member.

Khalid explained that there was no mention by the exco that Azmin, who is also PKR deputy president, would be dropped from the board.

He said the exco had merely wrote down a note from PKNS that Azmin, who is also PKR deputy president, had returned his official PKNS car.

Azmin returned the car in April after Parliament was dissolved to make way for the 13th General Election. He did so in the interest of not using public property until and if he was re-elected.

Khalid said: "PKNS made that report. We copied that report and presented it to the exco (in the minutes of meeting),

"The exco didn't want to discuss the matter. That's the story," he said today after handing out mandarin oranges at his Bandar Tun Razak constituency today.

Khalid said that if the exco did not take note of the matter, another controversy over transparency would have surfaced.

"If we did not write it down, people will ask why wasn't it noted, why wasn't it discussed," he said, referring to minutes of meeting last Nov which stated that Azmin's position as a board member would be studied. However, the exco did not make any decision over the matter.

"PKNS misinterpreted (it)... but such actions can't be ignored...because if future contracts and agreements are signed by unauthorised official, disaster will befall PKNS. We have to be alert of this," added Khalid.

Earlier this month, PKNS had sent a letter of termination to Azmin. PKNS is said to have used these minutes as a basis to drop Azmin.

Khalid denied the state exco was involved in the sacking but later PKNS executive secretary Norita Mohd Sidek in a statement said that the decision to drop Azmin was made pursuant to the exco meeting decision on Nov 14 and another one on Dec 4.

As a result, both PKNS general-manager Othman Omar and Norita have been transfered over the debacle pending an internal investigation.