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16 January 2019

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SPRM sedang dalam proses untuk menentukan jika 6,000 baju kalis api bernilai RM13.5 juta yang dibeli Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat (JBPM) pada 2016 merupakan barang palsu.

Menurut sumber, suruhanjaya itu menerima maklumat bahawa pakaian memadam kebakaran itu tidak dibuat pengilang yang berpengkalan di United Kingdom.

Ini kerana perolehan baju kalis api itu didakwa berasal dari sana, kata sumber.

“SPRM cuba mendapatkan (syarikat) di UK untuk melakukan (analisis) forensik .

“Kita perlu melakukan perbandingan (antara baju yang dibekalkan oleh pengilang dan baju yang diterima oleh jabatan).

“Ini kerana ada tuntutan bahawa pakaian itu tidak dibekalkan (oleh pengilang),” kata sumber kepada Malaysiakini.

Tak selamat, tak patuh piawaian

Sumber itu mengulas mengenai SPRM sedang mengusahakan kerjasama dengan UK melalui perjanjian antarabangsa, Bantuan Perundangan Bersama (MLA)
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Pemeriksaan Malaysiakini terhadap senarai keputusan tender oleh Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan pada tahun 2016 mendapati hanya satu syarikat yang dianugerahkan projek itu untuk membekalkan pakaian kalis api bomba tahun itu.

Ia menyatakan bahawa kementerian membuat keputusan dalam satu mesyuarat pada 10 Jun 2016, untuk menyerahkan projek itu kepada syarikat persendirian swasta, yang alamatnya berdaftar di Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

Jumlah tepat untuk tender bekalan itu adalah RM13,590,000, atau RM2,265 bagi setiap unit pakaian.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/460489

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15 January 2019

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The MACC today confirmed that it is investigating the supply of “unsafe” fireproof clothing to firefighters in the country.

The commission was responding to a Harian Metro report which said the fireproof suits were found to have been made from flammable polyester.

“The MACC sent a sample of the fireproof clothing supplied by the contractor to the Chemistry Department which confirmed that the clothing was unsafe to use as it did not comply with the standards set by the Fire and Rescue Department,” it said in a statement today.

The MACC said it is seeking mutual legal assistance over the matter from the United Kingdom.

The report said the MACC had seized some 6,000 of the problematic fireproof suits in 2017.

They were supplied in 2016 and were worth between RM2,400 to RM2,500 a piece. Following the seizure, subsequent supplies were cancelled.

As a result, the report said the firefighters were facing a shortage of firefighting suits and had to share or use worn out ones.

The MACC clarified that its investigation does not prevent the Fire and Rescue Department from acquiring new firefighting suits.

“If there is any doubt, the Fire and Rescue Department can get in touch with the MACC,” it said.

The Harian Metro report, citing sources, said certain quarters within the Fire and Rescue Department and the Housing and Local Government had arranged for the acquisition from a particular company.

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