Putra Heights inferno: Relief efforts must be coordinated with S’gor MB, PETRONAS, says PM

PETALING JAYA: All forms of aid or assistance for victims of the Putra Heights gas pipeline fire must go through the Selangor government or PETRONAS, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The Prime Minister said this was to ensure that all aid efforts would be conducted in an orderly and effective manner.

“All forms of assistance and coordination efforts related to the fire incident in Putra Heights must be directly coordinated with Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and PETRONAS chief executive officer Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik Tengku Kamadjaja Aziz.

“This is because close cooperation between the Federal Government, the state government, and the industrial sector is crucial in addressing this situation promptly and comprehensively,” he said in a statement on Facebook on Friday (April 4).

He added that the Prime Minister’s Office would continue to monitor the ongoing developments and provide full support and assistance for all recovery and safety efforts being implemented on the tragedy.

This comes after news broke that volunteers from Selangor Volunteers (SERV), who wanted to help in the clean-up operation of the affected housing area, were denied entry to the area on Friday.

According to volunteers, the police had declared the area a restricted zone and asked the volunteers to leave.