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| Two cars buried in Ampang landslide yet to be removed Posted: 14 May 2013 05:05 AM PDT LOGESWARAN Murugan, whose brand new car was buried by a landslide in Jalan Ampang last Tuesday, is frustrated that his car has yet to be removed from the site. He said neither the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) nor the Public Works Department (JKR) had made an effort to remove the two cars still buried at the site. "I called them but was given the run-around. Yesterday, I was told JKR would undertake the clearing works but now they say they have to study the condition of the site before starting any work. "I do not know how long this will take," said Logeswaran, adding that he was afraid his car would be more damaged if left like that. The landslide occurred at a car park along Jalan Ampang, near the Jalan Dang Wangi intersection. Nine cars were affected, while two are still buried there. No casualties were reported. Logeswaran, 28, said he had bought the Honda City only two months ago. The vehicle has yet to be salvaged. The other victim, Nurul Nadiah Bidi, 27, said it was an unfortunate that she parked her car at the site. "I usually take the train to work but on that particular day, I decided to drive as I had to attend a class in Gombak and wanted to save time. "It is my first car and I have had it for only two years," said Nurul, adding that she was still paying the bank loan for the car. Nurul is also worried as she cannot claim for damages from her insurance company. "The insurance company said it was a natural disaster and as such, they cannot compensate me for my losses. Now I am stuck with a car loan, but there is no car," she said. "Yesterday, a DBKL officer told me that they could not carry out any works as yet as they are worried that there would be more soil movement if they removed the cars. "It has not rained for the past five days, so I don't see why they cannot retrieve the cars now," said Nurul. Logeswaran concurred. "The weather has been good for the past few days but this could easily change. "I am worried that it will rain again soon and our cars will be stuck there longer. I wish the authorities would shed some light on what they intend to do, especially about our cars," he said. |
| Public should be informed of disruption earlier, say passport renewal applicants Posted: 14 May 2013 05:05 AM PDT MEMBERS of the public who went to the Kelana Jaya Immigration Department yesterday were disappointed when services at the passport renewal counters were disrupted. The crowd, which had gathered as early as 7.30am to renew their passports, were informed about the system malfunction at the centre. The notices put up at the Kelana Jaya and Shah Alam Immigration Department offices stated that the disruption was due to the nationwide exercise to upgrade existing machines to polycarbonate passport machines. J. Raj, 36, said he arrived at the department in Kelana Jaya at 8am yesterday and found that a long queue of people had already formed. "I went to the department on Friday morning as well but found it closed to facilitate works to upgrade the system. The officers told us to go to the Jalan Duta Immigration Department but the situation over there was the same," he said. Hoping the works would have been completed, Raj went back to the office in Kelana Jaya yesterday but found that the system was still disrupted. "It was such a waste of time. "A family was there as well. They had brought their children along to apply for passports. The children missed school to do this but the day was wasted," he said. An agent at the Kelana Jaya Immigration Department, who declined to be named, said there were disruptions from Friday. "When the system was up and running, we immediately advised all those waiting to submit their documents for processing," he said. Due to the disruption, the departments also could not provide the passports within an hour, as practised before. A check by StarMetro at the Kelana Jaya Immigration office yesterday revealed that the department had started using the upgraded system. Raj said he was dissappointed that the department had not informed the public about the problem earlier. "As it was a nationwide exercise, we should have been alerted about upgrading works and not find out about it only after going there," he added. |
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