Refer To Website For Latest On Gas Pipeline Fire Selangor Opposition Told

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Menteri besar Amirudin Shari said the state government website also carried information on what sort of aid was given to victims of the Putra Heights gas pipeline fire.
PETALING JAYA: Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari has told the opposition to refer to the state government’s website for the latest and detailed information on the Putra Heights gas pipeline fire.
This came in response to a Bersatu assemblyman’s complaint recently.
Afif Bahardin, the elected representative for Taman Medan, had expressed regret that Perikatan Nasional assemblymen were not invited for a special briefing held last week by the state government on the incident.
Amirudin said the special briefing was held following a request by government assemblymen.
“And the briefing focussed on aid distributed to the victims.
“But there’s a website (by the state government). If he (Afif) wants to keep track of the aid given, he can always check the website,” Amirudin told reporters at an event here.
He went on to dismiss the claim by Afif, who is also the Selangor PN secretary, that the decision to marginalise the opposition assemblymen was not only undemocratic but an attempt to manage the narrative.
“It’s a baseless claim,” he said, adding that the cause of the incident is still being investigated.
Earlier today, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said a preliminary report on the gas pipeline blaze would be released to the public in a week’s time.
Hussein said police were looking into elements of negligence or mischief in the incident.
The blaze involving one of three natural gas pipelines broke out at about 8.10am on April 1, sending flames more than 30m into the sky, with temperatures soaring to 1,000 degrees Celsius.
It took nearly eight hours for the fire to be extinguished. The blast left a crater 8m deep and 70m wide. As a result, 111 victims required medical treatment for burns and breathing difficulties.
The fire also left 81 houses destroyed, another 81 houses partially destroyed, and 57 damaged but not burnt. - FMT

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