Controversy as RM4bil Sabah gas pipeline project revived

November 2, 2021

Dateline 2021-10-23, FMT:

Questions are being raised over the revival of a multi-billion ringgit project in Sabah that was scrapped by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration in 2018.

The scrapping of the Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project was widely reported at the time, though its revival by the Perikatan Nasional-led government was only recently revealed in Parliament.

DAP’s Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin was the first to highlight the issue after learning the project was back on track following a written parliamentary answer from finance minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

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Firm fined RM18m over pipeline projects

May 25, 2019

Dateline 2019-04-06, Daily Express:

Suria Strategic Energy Resources Sdn Bhd (SSER), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance which carried out two petrochemical and gas pipeline projects worth RM9.4 billion, was on Friday fined RM18 million by the Sessions Court here for failing to comply with Bank Negara Malaysia conditions.

Among the offences were that SSER had issued loan funds from The Export-Import Bank of China not based on the progress of the Multi-Product Pipeline (MPP) and Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) projects and paid RM8.3 billion or 88 per cent of the cost of construction of RM9.4 billion for the two projects to the contractor, China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co Ltd (CPP), when work progress was only at 13 per cent.

Judge Manira Mohd Noor meted the sentence on SSER, which was represented by Kishan Narendra Jasani (a representative appointed by the board of directors for the court case), after he pleaded guilty to six charges on behalf of the company as the accused.

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Govt in bid to recover RM3.5 billion for Sabah’s incomplete pipeline project

February 8, 2019

Trying being the key word.

Dateline 2019-01-19, FMT:

Putrajaya is currently trying to recover the money it has already paid to the company contracted to build the Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project.

Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Yeo Bee Yin said the company was paid 84% of the total cost of the project worth RM4 billion, but the project progress was only recorded at 14%.

“We have two options at the moment. Either to recover the fund which was paid prematurely or to carry on with the project,” she told reporters today after attending a briefing by indigenous empowerment group Pacos today.

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Dr M: ECRL and Sabah gas pipeline projects cancelled

November 10, 2018

Dateline 2018-08-21, NST:

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the multi-billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) projects are cancelled for now.

The prime minister said Chinese President Xi Jinping and premier Li Keqiang understood the reasons behind the cancellation of the two Chinese government-backed projects.

“I have explained to them and they understood the situation and accepted them,” Dr Mahathir told journalists at the end of his five-day official visit to China.

“Initially, there were some misunderstandings but now they understood why we do it. I don’t think China wants us to be bankrupt,” said Dr Mahathir.

Dr Mahathir said the projects involved huge amounts of money and Malaysia does not really need them at the moment, amid the country’s financial situation with high debt left by the previous government.

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No decision yet on Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline project, says minister

October 23, 2018

Can I have these T&C with my contracts? Pay first, finish work when MACC comes a-knockin.

Dateline 2018-07-28, Malay Mail:

No further decision has been made regarding the operation of the Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project after the suspension notice was issued on July 3, said Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin.

The ministry was still discussing what happened to RM3.5 billion paid for the TSGP project when the actual work had not been completed, she said.

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Trans Sabah Gas Pipeline: Get our money’s worth, says MP

October 13, 2018

Dateline 2018-07-23, FMT:

A Sabah MP has urged the government to renegotiate the terms for the Trans Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) with China.

Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin also wanted the authorities to continue probing the multi-billion ringgit project to determine if there were any suspicious dealings or connections.

“Renegotiate the terms with China, the project developer, as we have paid about 85% of the money but the real work done has only been 13%… we can’t just waste the money with nothing to show.

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Not true Sabah O&G made collateral

December 26, 2017

Nah, the collateral is when we give up Layang-layang reef.

Dateline 2017-11-09, Daily Express:

Abdul Rahman described claims that Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Razak had collateralised oil and gas blocks off Sabah to the Chinese for a loan of RM100 billion as a total and blatant lie.

He said this in reference to a message which started making its rounds over social media Tuesday afternoon, purportedly to warn Sabahans, Sabah MPs and ADUNs with regard to the Trans Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project. The message alleged that the Prime Minister has collateralised oil and gas blocks off Sabah to the Chinese for a loan of RM100 billion.

“This is a total and blatant lie perpetrated by irresponsible party who would benefit from people’s anger and mistrust towards the federal and state governments.

“I want to announce here that the TSGP is important for Sabahans, industries and non-industries using gas as fuel.

“All this while we have asked for Sabah gas to be used for industry and the people of Sabah, thus we build TSGP from Kimanis to Kota Kinabalu and from there to Tuaran, Kota Belud, Kota Marudu and then to Sandakan and Tawau.

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RM4.5b Trans Sabah Gas Pipeline to be funded with loan from China, guaranteed by Malaysia

December 23, 2017

Why not just say, paid by Malaysia?

Dateline 2017-11-08, The Edge:

The Trans Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) will be funded by a soft loan of RM4.53 billion from the Export and Import (EXIM) Bank of China and guaranteed by the Malaysian government, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan.

The RM4.53 billion constitutes the total cost of the project, Rahman Dahlan said in a statement today, refuting an allegation on social media that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had collateralised oil and gas blocks off Sabah to China for a loan of RM100 billion.

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