Kenyataan
Akbar oleh YB Wong Hon Wai, Setiausaha Politik kepada Ketua Menteri merangkap
ADUN Air Itam pada 13-8-2014
Tuduhan terhadap Kerajaan Negeri
berkenaan kem bogel di Taman Negara, Teluk Bahang oleh Pengerusi Barisan
Nasional Pulau Pinang, Teng Chang Yeow dan Setiausaha Parti Gerakan Pulau
Pinang, Oh Tong Keong adalah memesong dan fitnah.
Akta Taman Negara 1980 merupakan
satu Akta Parlimen yang telah diluluskan di Parlimen dan diwartakan dan
berkuatkuasa pada 28-2-1980. Akta tersebut memberikan kuasa kepada Menteri
untuk menguruskan Taman Negara di Seluruh Malaysia dengan penubuhan
jawatankuasa pengurusan.
Seksyen 11 Akta tersebut menyatakan
Menteri boleh selepas mengadakan perbincangan dengan Pihak Berkuasa Negeri,
untuk membuat peraturan untuk mengawal kelakuan, obligasi dan tanggungjawap
pelawat ke Taman Negara.
Akta Taman Negara 1980 adalah
diluluskan oleh Parlimen dan dilaksanakan oleh Menteri Persekutuan. Tetapi,
sejajar dengan semangat Perlembagaan Persekutuan, Menteri perlu berunding
dengan Kerajaan Negeri untuk melaksanakan pengurusan di Taman Negara.
Perwakilan Kerajaan Negeri dalam
Jawatankuasa Pengurusan merupakan semangat dan intipati dalam banyak akta-akta
Parlimen Persekutuan. Ini adalah sejajar dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan kedudukan Malaysia sebagai
satu Persekutuan dengan 13 negeri-negeri.
Perkara yang sama juga berlaku
dalam kawalan dan tanggungjawap Kerajaan Negeri seperti Perbadanan Bukit Bendera,
Lembaga Muzium Pulau Pinang, Perbadanan Pembangunan Pulau Pinang mempunyai
perwakilan Kerajaan Persekutuan dalam Lembaga dan Jawatankuasa.
Sepanjang melebihi 30 tahun ini,
Menteri tidak menggunakan kuasanya di bawah seksyen 11 untuk menghad
tingkahlaku pelawat ke Taman Negara serta tiada klausa penghukuman, maka Polis apabila
menyiasat terhadap kes kem bogel menggunakan peruntukan di bawah Kanun
Keseksaan dan bukan disiasat dan dihukum di bawah Akta Taman Negara 1980.
Adalah taktik kotor bahawa pemimpin-pemimpin
Barisan Nasional Pulau Pinang tidak berani untuk meminta akauntabiliti dan
ketanggungjawapan daripada Menteri Persekutuan, tetapi memilih untuk menyerang
Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang.
As reported in
Rakyat Post
PUBLISHED: Aug 13, 2014 08:35pm
UPDATED: Aug 13, 2014 08:35pm
Penang CM’s political secretary defends his boss over nude sports games
Penang chief minister Lim
Guang Eng's political secretary has come out in defence of his boss with
regard to the nude sports games fiasco in the state saying the
accusations hurled at Lim were "dirty tactics" used by Penang BN leaders
who did not dare seek accountability and responsibility from the
federal ministry and instead chose to attack the state government. —
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13, 2014:
Penang
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s political secretary, Wong Hon Wai, today
said that the allegations thrown at his boss by Penang Barisan Nasional
(BN) chairman Teng Chang Yeow and Penang Gerakan secretary Oh Tong Keong
were defamatory.
This was in relation to the controversial Malaysia Nude Sports Games held at the Penang National Park on May 31, 2014.
Both
Teng and Oh accused Lim of evading responsibility over the park’s
management. Prior to this, Lim had said that the state and local
authorities had no power over the area.
In his statement today, Wong tried to reinforce the issue of who had jurisdiction over the national park.
He
stated that National Parks Act 1980 was a legislation passed by
Parliament that empowers the federal minister to manage national parks
all over Malaysia through a management committee that also includes a
state representative.
Wong
said Section 11 of the Act stated that the minister, after discussions
with the state, was the one who could make rules to control conduct,
obligations and responsibilities of visitors to national parks.
He
said in line with the spirit of the Federal Constitution, the federal
minister should only “consult” with the state government on the
management of the national parks.
Wong
said the same occurred in other state responsibilities such as the
Penang Hill Corporation, Penang Museum Board, Penang Development
Corporation, in which the federal government is represented in the board
and committees.
“In
more than 30 years, the minister had not exercised his power under
Section 11 in restricting the behaviour of visitors to the National Park
or put any clause on punishment.
“Hence,
when the police investigated the nude camp case, they used provisions
under the Penal Code and did not investigate under the National Parks
Act,” Wong added.
A
few days ago, Teng reportedly argued that the National Parks Act
gave the state government a big say over the running and control of the
park.
Citing
the National Park Act, he said Sections 5 and 7 respectively stated
that the National Park Advisory Council included the State Secretary and
three representatives nominated by the state, and that the State
Secretary would be the chairman of the National Park Committee.
Wong
defended Lim and said that these were “dirty tactics” used by Penang BN
leaders who did not dare seek accountability and responsibility from
the federal ministry and instead chose to attack the state government.