Kuala lumpur: The Selangor government has agreed to appoint two experts nominated by the opposition to sit on the Special Committee on Gas Pipeline Risk Adaptation to ensure transparency in the report involving the Putra Heights gas pipeline explosion incident, in Subang Jaya. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the move was to enable the report that had been produced to be reviewed and any shortcomings that arose to be identified, while also mobilising efforts to ensure that those responsible are found.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the state government is prepared to publish the entire report, which is currently being compiled as it involves several departments. Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari expressed his confidence that the printing will be completed within two weeks of the end of the assembly. The reports will be distributed in the affected areas, as well as to all the assemblymen and those interested in studying the matter.

Previously, Amirudin was reported to have said that the Selangor government would set up a special committee to investigate the cause of the gas pipe explosion incident in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, which occurred on April 1. The committee, comprising seven experts, will get various agencies involved, including representatives of the state and federal governments and related bodies such as Petronas, to review the investigation findings and draft legal proposals along with long-term preventive measures.

Meanwhile, Amirudin stated that the special committee has been given three months to draft relevant proposals. “For the state government, it will definitely involve policies, local authorities to add value to related works while for the gas pipeline owners such as Petronas Gas or Gas Malaysia, to look at additional information such as factors and the surrounding area of the land as well as situations involving land issues,” he said.

Amirudin also reiterated his assurance that the state government is committed to ensuring transparency in the delivery of information and will not protect or cover up any wrongdoing regarding the incident from public knowledge.