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- Penang ramp collapse: Investigations complete, contractor negligence to blame, says Dr Johari Basri
- Cops: Man who allegedly killed family arrested, tried to commit suicide thrice
- Abused boy will suffer permanent leg injury, says paediatrician
| Penang ramp collapse: Investigations complete, contractor negligence to blame, says Dr Johari Basri Posted: KUCHING: Investigations into the collapse of the second Penang Bridge ramp, which caused one death, has indicated "shortcomings" by the contractor, said Occupational Health and Safety director general Datuk Dr Johari Basri. "We have concluded investigations. We have identified some of the shortcomings due to negligence by the contractor," Basri told a press conference here. Although Basri was circumspect when pressed for details, he did say the shortcomings involved both "procedural and technical" aspects. "Right now we are preparing the charges. Once that is completed, we'll have to discuss it with the public prosecutor to get consent," he said. "We have an appointment next week. For now, all I can say is we have identified negligence. "We have engaged technical experts and are waiting for their final assessment," he said.On June 6, former policeman Tajudin Zainal Abidin, 45, was killed when one of the ramps connected to the Second Penang Bridge collapsed and crushed his car. A stop-work order was issued immediately following the collapse. Following the incident, the Works Ministry has also put together an 11-member technical group to increase safety. The Second Penang Bridge is estimated to cost RM3bil with a total length of 24 km. Construction began on November 2008. |
| Cops: Man who allegedly killed family arrested, tried to commit suicide thrice Posted: SIBU: Police have arrested a 43-year-old suspect who allegedly killed three of his own family members and subsequently tried to commit suicide three times on Friday.. With the arrest, the police consider the case solved, said District Police Chief ACP Shafie Ismail. The suspect, surnamed Tiang, a contractor, was arrested about 7.30pm beside a petrol station at KM5 in Bintulu Friday night. He was escorted to Sibu Central police station Saturday afternoon by a team of officers led by CID head DSP David Ajek and senior investigating officer ASP Yeoh Chun Shyan. Tiang was believed to have killed his wife Ling Yung Ming, 40, daughter Christine Tiang Soon Ai, 14, and son Victor Tiang Soon Heng, 2, at their house at Pulau Li Hua. The eldest son, Vincent, escaped by jumping down to the ground from the roof of the car porch, climbed over a wooden fence and ran across the street to seek help from a neighbour. The suspect later escaped in his black Toyota Hilux and drove to Bintulu, some three hours from here. The suspect was produced in court after his arrival from Bintulu where Magistrate Atiqah Abdul Karim allowed the police's application for a seven-day remand until July 12. ACP Shafie also said police would gather all the evidence and discuss with the deputy public prosecutor on the charges against the suspect. He said he would most probably be charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder and also Section 304 for attempted murder. Meanwhile, police sources said the suspect had admitted to killing the wife and his two children because he owed some people - including loan sharks - some RM3.5mil. He had also mortgaged his double-story semi-detached house and had used the Toyota Hilux to pay off some debts. It was understood that the car would be handed over to the new owner soon. The suspect had also told police that he planned the murder with his wife several days before the incident without the knowledge of the children. He also claimed that he had written a will but police had not found it yet. He took his family out for a hearty dinner at a popular restaurant near Medan Mall at Wong King Huo Road the night before the incident. Upon their return, he asked his family to sleep in the master bedroom. The suspect then gave his wife and daughter two sleeping pills each while his two-year-old son was given one. The son who survived did not take the pill. It was believed that at about 6am the day after, he gassed his family with cooking gas from a tank. Police believe that he also used a pillow to suffocate his wife. The suspect told police he then attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself with a belt, but his attempt failed after. After he arrived in Bintulu, he made two more attempts to commit suicide. His first attempt was with a bottle of weed killer, but he could not bring himself to swallow as it was very unpleasant. He then purchased some hose with the intention to funnel his car's exhaust pipe gases into the cabin, but he was arrested before he could make the attempt. Both the weed killer and the pipe were still in his car when he was arrested. Police said a relative of Tiang's wife (Ling Yung Ming) spotted the Toyota Hilux near the petrol station in Bintulu and attempted to call her. When the call went unanswered, the relative called Ling 's brother who happened to be with ASP Yeoh at the time. The brother immediately informed ASP Yeoh who immediately alerted his Bintulu counterpart. The police team from here also rushed to Bintulu and arrested Tiang. |
| Abused boy will suffer permanent leg injury, says paediatrician Posted: KUALA TERENGGANU: The seven-year-old boy, believed to have been badly abused by his mother and stepfather, will suffer leg permanent injury, said Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital paediatrician Dr Nor Zubaidah Kadir. Nevertheless, she said the development of boy would continue to be monitored. "We, together with the plastic surgeons involved in the boy's leg operation on June 25, are still monitoring his development because the wound was quite deep and big. "He will have a permanent injury and it will take quite a long time to fully recover," she told reporters here, adding that the two siblings of the boy were also being treated for abuse at the hospital and were in stable condition. Meanwhile, the boy's maternal grandmother said she never thought her daughter would agree with her new husband to commit such abuse to her own children. "Since she remarried eight months ago, I only saw her three times before they went missing and I was informed about this abuse case," she told reporters at the hospital. She said what disappointed her most was the money left by the children's late father, amounting to RM100,000, was gone. "They (mother and stepfather) took the children's money and abused them without mercy," she said. The children's paternal grandmother, however, said she was planning to bring her grandchildren to live with her in Kota Tinggi, Johor. "I really want to take them all, but their maternal grandmother wants to have one of them with her, so maybe I will just have two of them with me," she said. - Bernama |
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