Stop-work order issued after explosion near Lawas gas pipeline project

KUCHING: The contractor of the Sabah-Sarawak Link Road project has been ordered to stop all site clearing and earth works immediately while investigations are carried out on the explosion at the Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP).

The Sarawak Public Works Department (PWD) said the stop-work order was issued following the explosion, which occurred at a section of the pipeline near Lawas in northern Sarawak.