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December 14, when asked if the government would publicise highway concession agreements for public scrutiny, S. Samy Vellu was quoted by Malaysiakini as saying:

“I don’t think you (journalists) are smarter than (opposition leader) Lim Kit Siang. Are you? I put forward the whole concession (agreement) to Lim Kit Siang for nine hours. (He was) looking at it. There is nothing there to hide.

"The opposition have seen it, everybody has seen it. If you want to see the concession (agreement), you bring your experts and I will seek permission from the government to put it forward to you. If you can’t find any mistake, I will fine you RM50.”

So, did Uncle Sam really open up the toll concession agreements for the Opposition Leader to inspect, and was Kit dumb-folded after looking at them for nine ours?

Today, Kit confirmed with MerdekaReview that he was never shown any of the agreements, let alone reading them, except a North-South Highway tender paper in 1987.

Be that as it may, Parti Keadilan Rakyat will do you a favour by revealing the agreements -- purportedly signed by the highway concessionaires and the government -- in a press conference at 11.00am tomorrow, January 4.

The press conference will be attended by the party’s Treasurer-General, Khalid Ibrahim, former CEO of PNB and Guthrie Group; and Information Chief, Tian Chua.

"We will provide evidence that the government has been misleading the people, and details of the concession agreements will be given out at the press conference," said KeAdilan in a press release.

I reckon Shaw Brothers would be there to check if OSA is breached.