Selangor police have set up a task force to investigate allegations of sabotage involving six water pumps at the Hang Tuah ponds in Bestari Jaya last Friday.

Selangor CID chief Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the police had received two reports on the incidents and were scrutinising details for further action.

"Currently, it is still at the preliminary stage and we are requesting for witnesses to facilitate investigations.

"We are trying to determine if the alleged sabotage was carried out by individuals or groups," he told reporters today.

Last Saturday, state youth and sports, infrastructure and public utilities committee chairperson Ahmad Yunus Hairi in a statement said six water pumps at the Hang Tuah ponds were sabotaged by irresponsible parties and asked the authorities to take stern action.

According to him, the sabotage occurred twice at the ponds.

However, it did not affect treated water supply to consumers.

Nonetheless, in the July 27 incident, the pumps were damaged resulting in water pumping operations from the Hybrid off River Augmentation System (Horas) to the river disrupted for five hours and affected the production of 70 million litres of water.

- Bernama