Call for probe into Tanjung Manis water supply project

SIBU: Sarawak DAP vice chairman David Wong Kee Woan wants the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to probe the Tanjung Manis Water Supply Project.
The Pelawan assemblyman said that based on the Auditor-General's 2017 Report, the project did not achieve its intended target of supplying piped water to the people of Tanjung Manis and the Tanjung Manis Halal Hub.
He said that he would be lodging a report with the MACC so that an investigation can be carried out.
He also urged the Pakatan Harapan (PH)-led federal government to get the MACC to investigate the huge development allocation given to Sabah and Sarawak under the 11th Malaysian Plan, during former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's administration.
He said Sarawakians wanted to know where the money went as Minister of International Trade and Industry Darrell Lieking had in Kuching yesterday mentioned that the federal government would look into the matter, as the two states lagged behind in terms of development, despite receiving a huge RM260 billion development expenditure budget as tabled by Najib in May 2015.
The allocation was meant to among others, increase and enhance road infrastructure, airports, rural development, healthcare facilities and create job opportunities. — Bernama