Road safety took back seat under Wee’s helm – Shahrim Tamrin

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WHEN the new cabinet lineup was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday night, there was a huge sigh of relief and joy among the road safety and transport circles.

On various WhatsApp groups since last night, many expressed delight that Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong would no longer be there as transport minister – not because Wee’s predecessor Anthony Loke is making a comeback, but because of the former’s appalling performance in the last 31 months, especially on how the road safety agenda was overlooked and disregarded by the Ayer Hitam MP.

In fact, transport expert Rosli Azad Khan, who has over 30 years of experience in the industry, had given Wee’s 100-day evaluation an “F” in December last year during his second appointment to the post under then former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

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