STAR, 15 June 2012
KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) is applying for a court order that the Selangor Government owes it RM1.05bil in compensation for not increasing the water tariff.
Syabas is asking the Selangor government to pay the money with interest at the rate of 4% per annum from Nov 10, 2010 until it’s settled.
It has named Selangor state government as a sole defendant while the Malaysian Government was named as the third party in the lawsuit.
Selangor government’s lawyer Fahda Nur Ahmad Kamar said her client would appeal against the May 29 decision by the High Court to allow amendment to Syabas’ statement of claim.
“High Court judge Justice Mary Lim Thiam Suan had ordered parties to finalise documents including over issues to be tried and to file them by July 31.
“One issue is on water tariff rate,” she said yesterday.
In its amended claim, Syabas said it had never agreed to the postponement on the implementation of a new water tariff pending the restructuring of the water industry in Selangor.
Syabas claimed that it is entitled to be compensated by the Selangor government for the postponement.
The Selangor government said this suit has been filed in bad faith and is an abuse of process.
In a related development Selangor Barisan Nasional coordinator Datuk Seri Ir Mohd Zin Mohammad rebuked the state government for their handling of the critical state water supply issues, saying they were “insincere” and “arrogant”.
He said the Selangor Water Forum 2012 held on Wednesday, had not reflected the state government’s transparency in finding the best solution to problems, but instead had turned into a one-sided forum which ignored the voices of the people of Selangor and the related agencies.
“They should have invited all interested parties if they had honestly wanted to receive views which would solve their water problems for the good of the people of Selangor,” Mohd Zin said in a statement.
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