https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2023/10/31/mohs-china-contact-for-defective-ventilators-came-from-minister-wee-pac-report/
MOH’s China Contact For Defective Ventilators Came From Minister Wee: PAC Report
By CodeBlue | 31 October 2023According to PAC’s report, Pharmaniaga claimed MOH told it where to source ventilators from, which then turned out to be defective. Then-Minister Wee Ka Siong gave MOH a China contact for the ventilators as established European suppliers were “closed” at the time.
Former MOH secretary-general Chen Chaw Min said many ministers provided valuable input during National Security Council (MKN) meetings, including Wee, whose connection with China and insights into repatriating Malaysians stranded abroad due to Covid lockdowns prompted him to step in and assist in the country’s desperate need for more ventilators. “During MKN meetings, there were many different ministers present, including Wee. He was involved with MAS (Malaysia Airlines), as transport minister, to facilitate the return of the first Malaysians stranded abroad (due to lockdowns). “From there, he (Wee) gave us a lot of input that if we were to purchase ventilators from China, we would have problems with transportation, which MASkargo could assist. That was where he stepped in. “Then, he mentioned also that through – the Special Envoy to China, Wisma Putra, Matrade – we could get contacts. “A lot of ministers during MKN [meetings] provided a lot of input to help. Then-Minister of International and Trade Azmin Ali pointed out that Pharmaniaga was also receiving a lot of donations. So, it was all fast-paced,” Chen told the PAC in a meeting on August 22. In a separate meeting on September 14, PLSB chief operating officer Mohamed Iqbal Abdul Rahman said it marked the MOH’s first attempt to procure ventilators from China. PLSB is a fully-owned subsidiary of local pharmaceutical company Pharmaniaga Bhd. “Normally, as far as my previous life, I was working in a maintenance company, most of the ventilators purchased by the Malaysian government are from the West. This was the first time that the Malaysian government was buying ventilators from China. So, we didn’t have any experience and all that,” Iqbal said. He added that there were several WhatsApp groups created over the course of the procurement process, with the main group involving Chen, Pharmaniaga’s MD, and Wee’s senior private secretary Wong Lee Yen, representing the Ministry of Transport (MOT). “Our contacts were via the transport minister at that time, who had good contact with China, and would provide instructions to the Health secretary-general, and the latter would then order Pharmaniaga’s managing director to make the payment and receive the order.” Iqbal maintained that Pharmaniaga Logistics merely acted as an “agent” to the MOH. He said the company’s task was limited to payment, delivery, and facilitating the procurement process. The decision to “buy from where” and “at what price” rested on the Health Ministry.
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