Nik Aziz Bailed Out Son In-Law's project

Nik Aziz admits to project blunder

KOTA BARU: Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has admitted that the state government made a huge blunder in the construction of a shopping lot in the town centre which might cost the state up to RM50mil.
He said the state government would have to buy back the land and building that was managed by the Kelantan Mentri Besar Incorporated (PMBK), helmed by his son-in-law Abdul Ariffahmi Abdul Rahman.
The admission is expected to fuel controversy for the state government which was already plagued with problems over Abdul Ariffahmi’s leadership of PMBK.
Nik Aziz said the state government was obliged to buy the building after PMBK had given the project to a private company to manage and build it.
“I have said before that units at the bazaar would be given to traders who were relocated from the UDA arcade and the old MPKB market.
“But a mistake occurred and to rectify it, we have to buy the building back from the appointed private company.
“The state government will have to buy the units from the company and then sell them back to the relocated traders,” he told reporters in Bachok yesterday.
On Thursday, Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz alleged in his blog Kickdefella, that the state government suffered a loss of RM50mil from the bazaar that was being developed by PMBK and a private company.
Syed Azidi claimed that the state government would incur a loss of RM30mil for the 3.36ha land and an additional RM23mil to pay for the ground floor of the bazaar.
The blog also claimed that a recent exco meeting had unanimously agreed that the RM23mil be paid to the private company to protect Nik Aziz’s reputation.
Syed Azidi claimed that Nik Aziz had promised to give the ground floor of the baazar to the traders from the UDA Arcade and Bazar MPKB in the last general election because the project to be undertaken by PMBK was not profit-oriented.
Meanwhile, Barisan Nasional assemblyman and state opposition leader Datuk Alwi Che Ahmad demanded that the state government explain the issue to the people as taxpayers’ money was involved.
“I was made to understand that the agreement involved a 2.36ha land but only 0.6ha was utilised to build the bazaar and the rest of the land was given to a company,” he said in an interview.

tunku : if this thing is done by the opposition then it is not a wrong thing to do but if BN did that then they will jump up and down like a baboon looking for food. what type of ulamak is this.he is clearly using his position to help his son in-law out. he is worst then pak lah. if syed azidi had not revealed this blunder no one would have known about it but then again if syed azidi still with pmbk we will never know about it too.what a shame.he call himself more islamic than others but his acting like an evil.state government has no money and now have to dig 50million to cover up the mistake of tok guru's son in-law.