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PROWARIS STATEMENT ON MRR2 - A
PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE TENTAMOUNT TO CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE?
First and foremost, ProWaris would like to thank YAB Perdana
Menteri Malaysia, Dato' Seri Abdullah Badawi for taking
affirmative action on the MRR2 Issue.
This hundreds of millions of ringgit Project could have been
completed smoothly within the timeframe and budget, but
unfortunately, it did not. It is very unforgiving to know that
the Project had to some extent, endangered the lives of
Malaysians who use the MRR2 Kepong route before the decision
made by the Prime Minister early February 2006.
The MRR2 issue is indeed going to be a landmark case in the
history of civil engineering services in Malaysia due to
structural design failure as mentioned by the Minister of Works,
YB Dato' Seri Samy Vellu in the Parliament Report dated 16 March
2006.
Based on the statement made by the Minister, ProWaris believe
that actions should be taken on the party(s) responsible for the
design work of the MRR2 Project.
Actions to be taken would involve:-
1. A detailed forensic investigation on the physical structure
and design works done by the said party(s).
2. Formal reports on the forensic investigation to:
• The Prime Minister of Malaysia;
• The Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM);
• The Anti Corruption Agency (ACA);
• Polis Di-Raja Malaysia (PDRM); and
• The Citizens of Malaysia should the Members of Parliament
demand a public query on the issue.
3. If the said party(s) who are responsible for the design work
are found guilty due to professional negligence, ProWaris demand
an explanation as to whether it tantamount to criminal
negligence.
4. All projects awarded to the party(s) in the past and present,
if found guilty, need also to be reviewed and scrutinised by the
Board of Engineers and no future projects to be awarded to the
party(s).
To expedite the repair works, we take note that the Government
of Malaysia has agreed to make payment in advance to absorb the
cost of repairs amounting to approximately RM40.0 million. It
was also said that this amount will be deducted from other
projects awarded to the contractor.
In view thereof, ProWaris seek the Government's clarification on
how to recover this amount of money from the said contractor
since there is no contractual provision allowing for such action
to be taken.
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