Pledging a probe into the matter, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said the leak should not have happened.
He said the state government had sent back the document to the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) after doubts were raised if the report could be declassified under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
Asked about the appearance of what seems to be the official stamp of a Selangor executive councillor on the the leaked documents, Khalid said the state government “will look into it.”
“We never released the document,” he said. “We will look into whether the stamp really came from us. However, I do not think it came from the state because we are still waiting for the approval from the federal government to declassify the document,” he said.
Khalid reiterated his regret over delays by the Public Works Department (PWD) and the Cabinet in approving the declassification of the document.
“MPAJ recently sent another letter” to PWD, he said. “Now we have sent four letters. Then PWD said that we have to send the letter to the Cabinet (instead).”
The document was made available on Saturday by Rapidshare, a popular file sharing website. It has since been deleted.
The 86-page document attributed the landslide to water leaks from a pipe which destabilised a slope.
Khalid had earlier announced that the state government would declassify the report but held it back after the federal government warned that the Menteri Besar would be contravening the OSA.
Leaking an OSA document is a crime punishable by a mandatory minimum of a year’s jail sentence.
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