PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi may not attend the Asean Summit in Chiang Mai, Thailand, next month.

The summit, scheduled from Dec 15 to 18, clashes with the Parliament session, which has been extended until Dec 18.

The session was extended to enable the tabling of the Anti-Corruption Commission Bill and the bill on a Judicial Appointments Commission.

The bills are part of the reforms that Abdullah promised to carry out before stepping down in March.

He said Malaysia would send a representative to the summit if Thailand decided to hold it despite the unrest in Bangkok.

Commenting on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, yesterday, Abdullah said he had asked Wisma Putra to monitor the situation.

He said the consulate in Mumbai had been instructed to help Malaysians.

He urged Malaysians wanting to visit Mumbai to obtain information and travel advice from the Foreign Ministry.

Malaysians with families and friends in Mumbai should get them to contact the consulate and inform it of their status.

Abdullah was speaking after presenting the 2008 Public Sector Quality Awards here yesterday.

On the land problems in an electricity-generation project in Selangor, Abdullah urged the Pa-katan Rakyat state government to think of the risks if the central area reinforcement facility in Ra-wang was not completed soon.

He said Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and several areas in the south of the peninsula faced a three- to four-month power supply disruption if that should happen.

"The state government should think about this and not just about politics.

"This is a development that is important for the people.

"My advice is for them (the state government) to give the land that is needed for the project."