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‘Morshidi not present at special board meeting on court application filing’

June 11, 2018, Monday

KUCHING: National Petroleum Corporation (Petronas) clarified that Petronas board members did convene on the move to file court application to declare it has ownership on Sarawak oil and gas resources by virtue of the Petroleum Development Act 1974.
Due to the urgency of the matter, the other board members had to meet without State Secretary Tan Sri Morshidi Abdul Ghani, who is also a board member.
Petronas said in a statement delivered to The Borneo Post that when the board was meeting on the matter, Morshidi was overseas performing the pilgrimage.
“We refer to recent media reports concerning one of Petronas’ Board Members, Sarawak State Secretary Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani’s remarks.
“The Chief Minister of Sarawak on May 16, reiterated that from July 1, 2018, all O&G parties operating in Sarawak, are required to comply with all State laws, among others, the Oil Mining Ordinance (1958).
“Due to the urgency of the matter, Petronas had to convene a special Board Meeting on May 31, to deliberate on this matter. The Board then decided to proceed with the filing at the Federal Court, on  June 4.”
Morshidi, however, was overseas, performing his Umrah at the time, Petronas said.

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• My comments:
• Whatever the excuses are just too lame to convince others.  This shows that Petronas is too arrogant and aggressive being spoilt-rotten by the ex-BN government for too long to think properly and civilisedly.  Nobody sees Sarawak is a country in the Federation of Malaysia.  Petronas has been regarded as the sole company entrusted with the rights to exploit the oil resources under PDA, which is unconstitutional as far as Sarawak and Sabah are concerned.  
•  Morshidi represents Sarawak.   And how could they hold the meeting without him?  Is it not ridiculous?  Does it not show that Petronas is arrogant and aggressive in its defiance towards the Sarawak government?