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- Cable fire underneath Penang bridge causes traffic jams
- Sarbaini inquest: Police officer reveals logbook entries
- Haze is back
| Cable fire underneath Penang bridge causes traffic jams Posted: 11 Jul 2011 05:24 AM PDT GEORGE TOWN: Hundreds of vehicles were stranded for about two hours on the entrance and exit lanes of Penang Bridge Monday after a cable caught fire. A spokesman for Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd (PBSB) said there was massive traffic congestion as the cable fire occurred at the peak hour of 5.30pm. He said traffic improved at 7pm after the fire was put out and repairs were done to the cable. Penang Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) general manager Abdul Aziz Jaafar told Bernama the cable under the bridge caught fire at 5.25pm. He said the fire did not affect electricity supply to the state as it was only a standby cable. "The 132kV cable fire was completely put out at 6.30pm. TNB is investigating the cause," he added. - Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Sarbaini inquest: Police officer reveals logbook entries Posted: 11 Jul 2011 03:00 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The inquest into the death of Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed heard Monday that, according to three entries recorded in the Cheras police control centre logbook, a person had reportedly jumped from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) building at Jalan Cochrane here at 10.56am on April 6. Kpl Nee Itam, from the Cheras police control centre, told the Coroner's court that the first entry at 10.44am read that a police MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) was ordered to go to the MACC building at Jalan Cochrane. "There was a person trying to commit suicide," she said, reading out the entry at the inquest Monday. Kpl Nee further revealed that the second entry at 10.49am that day read that the MPV had reached the location. "At 10.56am, the victim had jumped from the MACC building and may possibly be dead," said the 50-year-old. Ahmad Sarbaini, 56, who was attached to the Port Klang Customs office, was found dead at the badminton court on the first floor of the MACC building on April 6. More in The Star on Tuesday Related Stories: |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2011 02:56 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: Major parts of the country were enveloped by haze Monday due to fires in Sumatra and Borneo. The Meteorological Department website said hazy weather was recorded at 35 out of 40 of its stations with visibility dipping in some areas in the country. Petaling Jaya recorded a poor visibility level of 2.5km as of 4pm Monday while Sepang and Kuantan had a visibility of 1.5km and 4km respectively. Normal visibility levels should be more than 10km. Satellite images showed 217 hotpots in Sumatra Sunday and over 300 for Borneo and 13 for peninsula as of 6am Monday. The Department of Environment's Air Pollutant Index recorded moderate air quality readings for 36 areas or 73% while the remaining were still within the healthy API reading of between 0 to 50 as of 11am Monday. The Department would issue another reading at its website www.doe.gov.my later this evening. More in The Star on Tuesday Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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