Hold Your Tongue Let Task Force Do Its Work Wee Told

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Transport minister Wee Ka Siong should not be giving ‘bits and pieces’ of information on Monday’s rail mishap, says the Public Transport Users Association. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: A transport advocacy group has told transport minister Wee Ka Siong to refrain from speculating on the cause of Monday’s accident on the Kelana Jaya LRT line.
Public Transport Users Association president Ajit Johl said he should not be giving out “bits and pieces” of information and should let investigators carry out their work.
“Why is the transport minister making speculative remarks when a task force has already been set up to look into the collision? Does he know more than the inquiry or is he just shooting his mouth off?” Ajit asked.
Yesterday, Wee said human error was among the many factors being looked into as part of the investigation.
Ajit Johl.Ajit said the minister should allow the task force to carry out a thorough investigation and the findings should be made public.
He called for the inclusion of a consumer watchdog in the task force, saying this would raise the credibility of the investigation.
The task force will be chaired by Isham Ishak, the transport ministry’s secretary-general. The deputy chairman will be Normah Osman, the ministry’s deputy chief secretary for policy.
Other ministry officers in the task force are secretary of the land division Wan Mohd Asraf Salleh, legal adviser Azlin Sabtu and head inspector of air transport accidents Izani Ismail.
There is an expert panel in the task force. Its members are:
Yuslizar Daud, former rail division leader at the land public transport commission;Anthony Arokianathan, maintenance support signaling manager at ERL Maintenance and Services;Nor Aziati Abdul Hamid of the Industry Centre of Excellence for Railways; andWong Shaw Voon of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s engineering faculty.The secretariat for the task force will be managed by Mohd Shahriman Shafein, head director for trains in the ministry’s land division. - FMT

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