KUANTAN: The government is not required to inform Lynas Corporation Ltd (Lynas) about the setting up of a special committee to monitor the progress of the plant in Gebeng here.
Kuantan member of parliament Fuziah Salleh said the matter was announced by Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin last July and Lynas should be aware of it.
“I understand that the matter will be discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday... So we shall wait for the outcome,” she said after casting her vote at the Kuantan PKR branch party polls here today.
“I am confident that the setting up of the special committee will bring a lot of benefit to the people in Kuantan.
“The committee will not disrupt Lynas’s operations here, but it is to monitor the plant as the priority of the government is to ensure any action or proposal taken by them will not affect investors.”
Earlier Lynas Corp chief executive officer and managing director Amanda Lacaze was reported as asking the government to provide complete information on the committee to make it easier for her side to cooperate.
Meanwhile, speaking on the PKR polls, Fuziah said the e-voting process introduced by the central PKR leadership would expedite the process to obtain the results.
“Everything is going on smoothly and I expect the results to be known on schedule... Maybe about 6pm, we can obtain all the results.
“I believe 99 per cent of the votes from the Kuantan branch will be given to “Reformasi 20 Tahun” candidate Rafizi Ramli,” she said.
Fuziah, who is also deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, is running against Haniza Talha to lead the PKR Women’s wing.
A total of 2,231 Kuantan branch PKR members are eligible to vote today.