Tuesday, 13 July 2010 19:01 Adrian Phung
The government has been urged to disclose the Public Service Department’s internal investigation report on the tragic death of Training and Diplomatic Officer, Norhashimah Wahid to the public.
There are unanswered questions regarding her death and the government’s refusal to reveal details of the investigation not only makes the situation worse but also deepens the grief of the victim’s family, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.
Nurul Izzah added that she did not want to politicise this issue but had the responsibility to speak out about the incident so that appropriate action would be taken to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.
“Norhashimah died while she was under the care of the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) so suitable compensation should be given to the victim’s family and not an ex-gratia payment.” she added.
An ex-gratia compensation was inadequate as Nurul Izzah felt that it would reflect on the attitude of the Prime Minister’s Department in letting go the issue and was not concerned about the irresponsible officials or coaches who were in charge.
According to Nurul Izzah, she did some research and found out that Tuntas Consultancy Sdn Bhd, which was owned by the sons of former Kuala Langat MP Datuk Dr Shafie Salleh, was awarded the contract of fully managing the training stint located at the Training Academy of Innovation And Motivation.
She wanted to know if the contract was awarded to the company because of political connections and why the government did not initiate action against it, adding that the government should confirm whether it was true that Tuntas Consultancy undertook the training exercise.
Commenting on this issue, Batu MP Chua Tian Chang said this was not the first time that death occurred at national service training camps and no one was held responsible, causing pain and sorrow to the victim’s family members.
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