P&A Systech Sand Mining Dilemma

Sand Mining or Waste Disposal?

Kedah Mentri Besar Mahdzir Khalid had asked the Yan District Officer to take action against a company found mining marine sand off Pulau Songsong. He didn't even know whether they had issued a marine sand mining licence to P&A Systech Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned Bumiputera company.

However, P&A Systech Managing Director Laili Ismail said she had obtained a permit to mine the sand there and had even paid RM50,000 to the land office to start work after P&A had secured a RM18mil contract from Marinecore Sdn Bhd, another Bumi company to supply one million cubic metre of marine sand.

A check with the land office showed a permit was issued to P&A but for disposal of wastes including ammunition shell, soil, mud, sand and corals from the seabed. But the Ministry of defence said the contract was given to another Bumiputera company called Syarikat Shahidan to clear the armed forces training area of ammunition shells.

State environment committee chairman Nawawi Ahmad said the state had not given out any permit for sand mining and the operator had not paid levy to the state (the levy is RM2 per cubic metre).

It's damn interesting news, isn't it?

First, we observe herein that there is 3 companies involved. The project from the Defence Ministry is given to Shahidin. However, Marinecore Sdn Bhd awarded the project to P&A - all 3 companies are Bumi companies. So we see: sub-sub-sub... and P&A further sub-contract the job to another company and if we get to the crux, there will be a few more subs. So, it's sub-sub-sub-sub-sub..sui!!!

There's no Ali-Baba as all the companies are Bumis, of course, except the final one, the miner and barge-owner transporters.

Secondly, a permit was given to dispose sand, mud, soils and shells at the seabed but the actual activities carried out is extraction of marine sand up to one million cubic metre worth RM18mil.

Thirdly, the State chief minister did not know, the state environmental minister also did not know, and nobody knows, except the fishermen who complained. The Yan district officer knows but he only know that a permit was issued for mud and soil disposal, not mining sand up to one million cubic metres.

Probably, you will soon find out that the sand was sold to Singapore. Hahahahaha!!!!!

Johor won't sell sand to Singapore, Indonesia also refuse to sell; Kedah and Perlis sold???