KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — PKR revealed today a former Labour Department director-general as the second director of controversial IT firm Bestinet Sdn Bhd, after naming an ex-home minister as another director last week.

According to two PKR lawmakers, Datuk Tengku Omar Bot holds over 99 per cent of Bestinet’s shares, allegedly due to his close friendship with former minister Tan Sri Azmi Khalid.

“He has a close relationship with former minister Azmi Khalid. They also have mutual interest in other companies such as Rafflescare,” Datuk Johari Abdul and Lee Chean Chung said in a joint statement, referring to a foreign worker management firm.

They also claimed that Tengku Omar holds the shares through his company JR Joint Resources Holding Sdn Bhd.

Just like Bestinet, the lawmakers claimed that JR is also a RM2-worth shell company which has not filed its annual report for the last four years.

“Their latest financial report was sent in 2007 and this contravenes the Companies Act 1965,” they said.

A check with the Companies Commission of Malaysia by Malay Mail Online today supported their allegations.

On January 17, the lawmakers had earlier expressed concern after finding out that all medical checkups and the application of visa with reference (VDR) for foreign workers must now be done through Bestinet’s Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS) from January 15.

They also questioned the cost behind the system, and asked if the contract had been awarded via open tender.

Johari, who is Sungai Petani MP, and Lee, who is Semambu assemblyman, challenged Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Azmi to come clean within 24 hours, saying they will be releasing “very critical” information otherwise.