Bukit Kukus landslide tragedy: Contractor blacklisted
The contractor of the Bukit Kukus project site in Paya Terubong, where a landslide had occured on Oct 17 last year, will not be given any more projects in the future, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
"The state executive council has directed the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) not to give the contractor any new jobs," Chow said at a press conference today.
"They will, however, complete the job in the Bukit Kukus paired road project as they have a responsibility to do so," he added...
The contractor of the Bukit Kukus project site in Paya Terubong, where a landslide had occured on Oct 17 last year, will not be given any more projects in the future, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
"The state executive council has directed the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) not to give the contractor any new jobs," Chow said at a press conference today.
"They will, however, complete the job in the Bukit Kukus paired road project as they have a responsibility to do so," he added.
Chow was responding to a question on whether the contractor, Yuta Maju Sdn Bh, will be blacklisted following the landslide, which cost nine lives.
A special committee had been formed to probe the causes of the incident, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister I Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman.
The contractor has allegedly failed to comply with guidelines on hillslope development.
According to Chow, the findings of the probe will be revealed after the Chinese New Year holidays, which will begin from Feb 5 to 20.
"We have also received information that Dosh (Department of Safety and Health) has finished its probe into the matter," Chow added.
Yesterday, the MBPP announced that the stop-work order on the project had been lifted by Dosh.
However, MBPP mayor Yew Tung Seang said work will not resume immediately, while Chow said he assumed that Dosh was satisfied with the contractor's mitigation plan.
Read more: Landslide-hit project exempted from EIA report, NGOs told
Following the announcement, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) called on the Penang government to make public its findings into the landslide tragedy.
The two NGOs want the state to disclose the conditions under which works have been allowed to proceed.
Costing RM530 million, the project involves building a 5km bypass along the Bukit Kukus hills, linking Bandar Baru Air Itam and Relau.
The project by MBPP and two private developers is currently 70 percent done and is slated for completion next year.
Isn't that the Company Directors are the one that should be blacklisted? Please reveal the names of the Directors?
So what does the contractor do now? Change the name of his company? Pursue contracts elsewhere than Penang? Meanwhile, what were the PAID officers of MBPP, who set the guidelines, doing while the guidelines were being ignored? Oh, sorry. Asking probing questions in Malaysia is forbidden for fear of revealing the facts
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