'What's the purpose of PAC if conclusions are made based on public information?' - Liang

Liang said it was clear from the post that Tony did not merely "speak up" or criticise 1MDB but had made a judgement that "crooks" have caused "tens of billions of public money to be lost".

“I am puzzled on where he got his evidence from public information that "tens of billions have been lost due to crooks". Did he base it on the audited reports or did he read Sarawak Report and arrived at that conclusion?

“And if we can draw conclusions based on Public Information then what is the purpose of holding a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry?

“YB Tony needs to understand that the inquiry onto 1MDB was held precisely to find out the truth behind the allegations made by the public media.

“If we can come to a conclusion based on public information then there would be no need for a PAC inquiry and there is no need for YB Tony to waste his precious time in the many sessions of the PAC inquiry,” he said in a statement today.

Liang said if it has become a practice to come to a conclusion based on 'public information', PAC might as well be disbanded and its members ‘sit at home’ to read anonymous blogs such as Sarawak Report.

He said as a member of PAC, he had invested much of his time in these proceedings and he does not want his fellow PAC members to bring the entire PAC and Parliament into disrepute, while the rest of the members are intent on reaching a final conclusion based on actual facts, evidence and witness interviews - and not on ‘public information’.

“Is this so hard for YB Tony to understand? Is it that hard for YB Tony to work with the rest of us to collectively come out with a proper fact-based conclusion instead of undermining the credibility of our entire team and process with his unproductive and politically-motivated statements?

“There is really no point making hundreds of statements if the majority of them are politically-motivated that is not based on actual facts. It adds to the noise and confusion and not on the truth.

“For YB Tony Pua to react to my statement this way further reinforces the growing public belief that, despite multiple warnings including from his fellow DAP YB in the PAC, YB Tony Pua's continued wild accusations his dirty political game,” he said.