'Complete undersea tunnel project probe, explain AGC's decision within reasonable time'
Lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla is calling on the MACC to complete investigations into the Penang undersea tunnel project and for the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to decide on the appropriate action “within a reasonable time”.
Haniff (above) further called on the AGC, led by AG Idrus Harun to issue an official explanation once it has decided whether or not to prosecute the case.
Lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla is calling on the MACC to complete investigations into the Penang undersea tunnel project and for the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to decide on the appropriate action “within a reasonable time”.
Haniff (above) further called on the AGC, led by AG Idrus Harun to issue an official explanation once it has decided whether or not to prosecute the case.
This, he said, would help to ensure public confidence that the rule of law is being adhered to in the investigations, without consideration of which political belief or government is involved.
“To ensure the rakyat’s confidence that local authorities will always adhere to the rule of law in any case without siding with any individual’s position, political belief or country’s government, it is important...MACC completes all six investigation papers on the undersea project opened in 2017 within the shortest time.
“After receiving the papers, the AGC will, within a reasonable time, make the best decision whether or not to level court charges on any suspected wrongdoer, or if not, officially close the investigation papers through a complete and concise official statement, so the people will know the results of the findings,” he said in a statement today.
This comes following a statement by the anti-graft body’s chief commissioner Azam Baki yesterday that it is in the final stages of completing investigation papers on the contentious RM6.3 billion project.
MACC is expecting to complete the probe within two to three weeks, after which the papers will be forwarded to the AGC for further action.
It was reported last year that six investigation papers were opened on the case - with the first paper opened in July 2017, and the remaining five in Jan 2018.
Meanwhile, it was reported that yesterday, MACC officers went to the Penang government administrative building at the Tun Abdul Razak Complex (Komtar) to record the statements from several officials there.
While anti-graft officers visited the offices of Penang executive committee members P Ramasamy and Zairil Khir Johari, they did not record the duo’s statement.
It is believed this is in relation to the arrest of former Penang Port Commission chairperson Jeffrey Chew Gim Eam who was remanded for four days beginning July 1 to facilitate investigations into the case.
At the time the project - meant to connect Penang island to the mainland - was being planned in 2011 and 2012, Chew was a special officer to then chief minister Lim Guan Eng.
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