By 2010, the amounts of losses generated by leakage and corruption in the private water companies have now run into the hundreds of millions. Amongst the many questionable financial practices found in the private water companies are:
1. An audit report on Syabas showed more than 72% of contracts, worth RM 600 million in total, was awarded to companies chosen through direct negotiation not by open tender process. Also, RM 325 million was found to be ‘missing’ in discrepancies between Syabas’ public accounts and the records of contracts awarded from 2005 to 2007.
3. In June 2005, Syabas contravened the terms of their concession when they imported RM 375 million worth of pipes from an Indonesian company instead of sourcing them locally. The Indonesian company was owned by Tan Sri Rozali Ismail, the CEO of Syabas.
4. Tan Sri Rozali Ismail’s salary is RM 5.1 million a year or RM 425,000 a month.
5. The four water companies have a combined debt of RM 6.4 billion. The federal government has given Syabas a soft loan of RM 320 million. The total interest on this 20 year loan is RM 250 million, and Syabas will not be required to pay a single sen of this amount. Instead, this cost will be fully borne by Malaysian taxpayers.
In light of this appalling financial mismanagement, the Selangor state government has prevented Syabas from raising water tariffs by 37%, and is now endeavouring to reacquire all water concessions from the private water companies. Their goal is to eliminate the element ofprivatised profit and socialised losses, stop the corruption and leakage, andensure quality delivery of water at affordable rates. This move requires public and support and pressure to succeed.
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Selangor residents could be paying 100 per cent more in 2015!
Syabas wanted the tariff to increase 37 per cent in 2009, 25 per cent in 2012 and 20 per cent in 2015 through the Concession agreement approved by the Federal Government in 2005.
Syabas imported RM 375 million worth of pipes from an Indonesian company owned by Tan Sri Rozali Ismail instead of sourcing locally in June 2005.
More than 72 per cent of contracts, worth RM600 million in total, were awarded through direct negotiation, not open tender process.
In December 2009, the Federal government gave a RM320.8 million back-loaded interest-free unsecured soft loan to Puncak Niaga, the holding company of Syabas to settle their debts.
巴生国会议员查尔斯揭露，雪州水供公司（Syabas）早前透过“企业社会责任”计划，将民联雪州政府提供给人民的20立方米免费水供进行“偷龙转凤”，以转移给没有获得免费水的家庭。
查尔斯表示，水供公司擅自将州政府津贴的水供转移到其他的家庭用户的做法是非法的，雪州政府津贴给人民的20立方米水供，相等于11令吉40仙，是由雪州政府支付给水供公司的。
他也表示，雪州政府在获知有关的事件后，已立即中止将州政府津贴的免费水进行转移的行动，但雪州水供公司却依然坚持“企业社会责任”。
5日反水供私营化运动 郭素沁吁雪隆居民出席
另一方面，郭素沁也呼吁雪隆地区的居民，能够在12月5日，陪同雪州大臣卡立出席由雪州政府所举办的反水供私营化运动，以将约10万个反水供私营化的签名，提呈给国家元首。
郭素沁表示该运动将由中午12时开始，从国家回教党步行至国家皇宫，其目标是有1万名民众的参与，无论是否得到警方的准证，有关运动依然会进行。
她说：“本来雪州水费是在去年调升37％的，根据中央政府批准的水供合约，雪州水费将分别在2012年和2015年调升至25％及20％，过后则每年调涨10％。”
郭素沁认为，雪州水供公司的做法是不当的，因此才会吁请人民表达对私营化水供的不满，呼吁政府能将水供的权利还给人民。
Inilah masanya rakyat Selangor berdiri teguh and mempertahankan asset kita!!!!!!!
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