The KLIA2 independent audit committee announced by Liow Tiong Lai yesterday not only has a limited scope to probe the RM4 billion KLIA2 scandal but is also headed by a political puppet.
How can Malaysians trust the KLIA2 independent audit committee to get to the bottom of the RM4 billion KLIA2 scandal when it is headed by UTAR(Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman) president Chuah Hean Teik which is owned by MCA.
By appointing a political puppet which independence is questionable, is Liow Tiong Lai trying to whitewash and cover up the mismanagement and scandals in the construction of KLIA2 that has caused the cost of construction to balloon from RM1.7 billion to RM4 billion.
Liow will argue that he appointed Chuah Hean Teik on the merit that Chuah is the president of Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and Pacific (FEIAP). However the fact that Chuah also serves as the UTAR president has cast serious doubts whether he could carry out the audit on KLIA2 independently.
I urge Liow Tiong Lai to immediately widen the scope of the KLIA2 independent audit committee to include the probing of RM2.3 billion cost overrun and to reappoint an audit committee head who is truly independent.