KTM Bhd CEO Rani Hisham Samsudin dismisses claim by the company’s workers’ union that the previous government made the purchases without an open tender.
KTM Bhd CEO Rani Hisham Samsudin (red tie) leaving the Council of Eminent Persons’ office.
KUALA LUMPUR: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTM Bhd) has denied a claim by its workers’ union that the previous government bought train sets from China worth RM5.7 billion without an open tender.
KTM CEO Rani Hisham Samsudin said there were no such purchases.
“No such thing,” he said after his meeting with the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) today.
He was asked about the claim made by Railwaymen’s Union of Malaya (RUM) president Abdul Razak Md Hassan.
Razak said KTM bought 30 units of six-car sets that cost RM1.9 billion in 2012 and 10 units of Electric Train Sets (ETS) valued at RM507 million in 2013.
He claimed the railway company also bought nine ETS units worth RM1.1 billion and 13 sets of Diesel Multiple Units worth RM1.5 billion, in addition to signing a RM750 million agreement to maintain 38 units of six-car sets.
“The purchases were not made according to technical specifications and the needs of KTMB,” said Razak.
“They were built based on the needs of the transport ministry and not KTMB as the user.”
Rani said KTM would also make an announcement soon on its financial performance.
“Some areas we are making money, but in some we are not,” he said. -FMT
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