KOTA BARU: The Kelantan government has no plans to immediately restructure Air Kelantan Sdn Bhd (AKSB) despite the scandal involving its failed tube well project exposed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud said the state government would only consider looking into any AKSB shortcoming after MACC has completed its investigation.
He said the state would not rush to entertain calls to restructure or revamp AKSB despite demands from various quarters as highlighted in the media.
"We will wait for MACC to carry out its investigation first before taking the next course of action," he said when asked to comment on the recent arrests of two former senior AKSB officers over a probe into the tube well project in the state.
The expose by the graft busters has since sparked calls for a revamp of the state-owned water company.
It was reported that residents said there was a need for the state government to admit shortcomings in AKSB and overhaul its operations.
There were also calls for the state government to plug the incompetencies in resolving hardships faced by the people due to the water issues here.
Some have even called on the federal government to review any further allocation to the state as the water issue still persisted despite billions channelled to the state previously.
Meanwhile, a former AKSB senior officer, who declined to be named, said the scandal was the biggest to hit the company since it was established.
"As a former senior officer, l find that MACC's investigation is spot on as residents in the state have been facing this issue for many years.
"I am hoping that MACC will finally put a stop to this problem and haul up the culprits to face justice. MACC must also check on all of AKSB's failed projects, which happened between 2005 and 2018.
"The money for the projects was allocated by the federal government but who appointed the consultants?
"We need to find out about this to get to the real culprits," the former officer said.