Parti Bersatu Sabah president Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili. — Sunpix by Zulkifli Ersal: Sabah DAP Secretary Chan Foong Hin has challenged Parti Bersatu Sabah president Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili to claim credit for the so-called accomplishments made during the latter’s tenure as a minister in charge of energy in the previous government under the leadership of former primer minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.
“Dr Max must have been really, really proud of these feathers in his cap ... come and share your experience with the rakyat of Sandakan how you approved all these scandalous projects during your ‘ceramah’ ,“ Chan said sarcastically in a statement here tonight. “Next, the PH government put an end to the 37 mega Watt geothermal plant project in Tawau awarded to Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd on July 2, 2015, a decision made after no major development progress had been seen at the project site, which was supposed to be completed and commence operations by end-2017,“ he said.
Chan also said Ongkili did not bother with fixing distribution of power and that the frequent blackouts in Sandakan in recent years had nothing to do with not having a power plant in Sandakan, but was more of a distribution issue.”