WASA says whistleblower triggered FEL probe; Gonzales disputes account

Akash Sama­roo

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) says a whistle­blow­er com­plaint with­in the or­gan­i­sa­tion trig­gered the foren­sic in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to wa­ter truck­ing con­trac­tor Flex­i­ble En­ter­pris­es Lim­it­ed (FEL), and not any oth­er in­ter­ven­tion.

How­ev­er, for­mer Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Mar­vin Gon­za­les is chal­leng­ing WASA's ac­count, in­sist­ing that in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to ques­tion­able wa­ter truck­ing trans­ac­tions were ini­ti­at­ed un­der his di­rec­tion fol­low­ing find­ings by a Cab­i­net sub-com­mit­tee in 2021.