GOMBAK, July 11 — Caretaker Kedah menteri besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor today hit out at Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari who accused him of building a RM40 billion port in Langkawi.
Sanusi denied it was a port but another developmental project called “Widad Langkasuka” that is being built on a plot of land that the state government seized from a tycoon.
“It’s not a port but another project. The leaders of our country are not careful. He just wants to attack people without validating what project we submitted,” he said at a high tea event here.
Sanusi said that the Widad Langkasuka project has already been approved by the state government and that it is a major development project that will include industrial areas, commercial areas, universities, hospitals, hotels, and tourism centres.
"The company has presented the proposal and showed us the video and it looks amazing," he said.
Sanusi said that he is disappointed that Adly would make such a false claim, especially since he is a deputy minister.
"How can the deputy minister of defence who should not make a mistake make such a mistake?” he asked.
"I hope he will apologise to the people of Kedah and to me. He should be more careful in the future," Sanusi said.
Widad Langkasuka is a new urban area in Langkawi. The project by the Widad Group Berhad involves constructing 1,000 acres of artificial islands in a bay next to the Langkawi International Airport.
The project will form an eagle-shaped landmass (the white-crested eagle being the symbol of Langkawi) comprising nine zones.
The islands will be linked to each other by internal roads, a monorail, and a pedestrian walkway.
