Own up to your role in Pan Borneo delay, DAP man tells Warisan
A Sabah DAP leader has publicly challenged the Warisan party to accept responsibility for delays in the Pan Borneo Highway project. The dispute centers on the 2019 decision to cancel the project delivery partner model, which critics argue caused significant setbacks.
Why it matters
The project is a critical infrastructure development in Malaysia, and the political finger-pointing highlights ongoing tensions regarding administrative accountability and project management in Sabah.
Warisan president Shafie Apdal, who was chief minister from 2018 to 2020, has denied terminating the contracts held by contractors working on the Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA: A Sabah DAP leader has told Warisan to own up to its role in the Pan Borneo Highway project's delays, citing the termination of the project delivery partner (PDP) contract.
Sabah DAP publicity secretary Thien Ee Hang pointed out that Warisan president Shafie Apdal had admitted to having personally recommended scrapping the PDP model when he was Sabah chief minister in 2019.
He said Shafie told the Dewan Rakyat this on Oct 19 and that the Semporna MP had made the recommendation to then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and then finance minister Lim Guan Eng.
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