敦马：不道德行为，不是犯罪

忽然想到，敦马喜欢针对政经时事发表言论，却似乎未曾听到他对自贸区事件的来龙去脉发言。

好奇之下，上网去找，却只找到一篇相关新闻。

那篇新闻报导敦马在8月16日时說：翁诗杰和张庆信两人这样公开争论自贸区课题，将影响政府和国阵的形象。

我又到英文网站去找，再找到一篇报导。

敦马说：虽然事情发生在2002年时他是首相，但他对当时10亿元的自贸区土地买卖一无所知。

他说他有听到一些人的错误行为，但那只是不道德行为，不是犯罪（which are not criminal but morally wrong）。

他举例：每当他们听到政府要收购土地，他们就先把土地买下，然后再转卖给政府。

至于他有没有采取行动？敦马说，他们不喜欢写报告给我，只是口头上告诉我。

口头上告诉，就不能采取行动吗？

对敦马这样的答案不是很满意，身为当时的首相兼财长，他不可能对自贸区事件一无所知。

当然也不能怪他，到了敦马这个年纪，如他在林甘短片听证会上所说的，有些事情他已记不起。

不过，《大马局内人》报导，林良实指出，自贸区的土地价格是由估值与产业服务局（JPPH）所决定的，而这个部门的主席正是当时的首相兼财长敦马自己。

林良实说：交通部的工作只报告政府将收购土地，我们没有估值部，交通部不负责收购成本与估值，那是财政部的工作。

“However, Ling pointed out that the costing and valuation of the land was determined by the Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH) which was chaired by former prime minister and finance minister, Dr Mahathir.

“Our job in Ministry of Transport is to only state the fact that we want the land. Costings, valuations and all that, it is not the function of the Ministry of Transport. We do not have a Valuation Department.

“Costings and valuations is a question for the Treasury to deal with. They have the Valuation Department and everything is there, not in Ministry of Transport. I think Tun Dr Mahathir who chaired it, and he was the Finance Minister also. He saw it very clearly. That was the fact of the case,” he said in the verbatim.

Dr Mahathir has remained relatively silent on the scandal which could cost taxpayers RM12.453 billion.”