Penang Gerakan Youth acting chief Jason Loo said the Penang government’s insistence on BUCG (M) Sdn Bhd being forcibly removed from its undersea tunnel and roads project on the grounds it was “an irresponsible company” for not attending to the grieving family, was questionable.
He said reports in Chinese dailies, however, painted a different picture. BUCG, it was reported, had kept in touch with the next of kin and even offered their condolences from the start.
“BUCG got in touch with the family and offered their condolences, according to family members, contrary to what was alleged by the chief minister.
“This is a slap to the chief minister’s face, who decided to play hero by kicking out BUCG.
“Is Lim trying to cover up the “real story” why BUCG was kicked out?”Loo asked in a press conference at Komtar here today.
On Aug 30, Lim was reported to have said the Penang government would not “allow itself and Malaysians to be bullied” by the construction company.
BUCG, which was part of a tripartite consortium building a RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel and three paired roads, has been forced to bow out from the project over the incident.
Lim told BUCG to “dream on” if it wanted to carry on with the undersea tunnel project, if there was no forthcoming explanation after a crane hook from their building site had killed a 24-year-old Penangite.
“Penang will not tolerate such attitude. If you have done something wrong, you will have to be responsible for it.
“I want to tell the contractor, no matter where you are from — if you do not have an explanation, please do not dream to get a project in Penang,” he was quoted as saying by Sin Chew Daily.
In the Aug 25 incident, Chin Khoon Sing, who is from Noordin Street, George Town, died on the spot after a crane hook fell on her Perodua Kelisa in Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur.
The hook fell from a 20-storey hotel under construction next to a shopping complex there.
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