It was all due to a creaky, leaky bus, say families

It was all due to a creaky, leaky bus, say families

ALOR STAR: The families of the seven victims killed in the bus crash near Genting believe their loved ones would still be alive if not for an unscrupulous bus operator who had provided them with a vehicle that was in poor condition.

Family members, when met in Kampung Baru, Mukim Siong near Baling, said the bus operator had promised a bus that was in good condition.

Instead, the bus was in bad shape, with the air-conditioning leaking and an engine that sounded weird, according to a survivor, Mohammad Hafifi Yahya, 19.

Mustaffa Ibrahim, 60, the father of 17-year-old Mohd Fahmi who died in the accident, said the family accepted it as fate, but was disappointed that the operator had provided a substandard bus.

Mustaffa, an imam at a mosque in Kedah, said all seven who died were related to each other.

Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh said an investigation would be carried out and the report would be submitted to the Cabinet before the end of November.

Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Resarch director-general Prof Dr Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah said a reconstruction analysis of the accident was under way.

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