BY: ERMIZI MUHAMAD
SHAH ALAM, SEP 13: The continuing problems plaguing the national public transport system can be described as a nightmare for all Malaysians, said KEADILAN Vice President Nurul Izzah Anwar.
She said that the Umno-Barisan Nasional (BN) policy implementation is inviting further problems, which will worry the rakyat.
The Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament also touched on the deaths of MRT employees in Singapore in an incident that happened six months ago, stating that such a situation could happen in Malaysia.
“The accident happened because power supply was not shut off before both employees arrived at the location as stipulated under the SMRT standard operating procedure.
“If SMRT employees need the electricity supply on the rail track to be switched off when they are on the walkway of the track, what more civilians?
“Malaysia is lucky because all the stranded passengers on the Kelana Jaya line were able to make their way safely to the nearest station, but RapidKL cannot take this issue lightly,” she said.
She was referring to the incident where Light Rail Transit (LRT) users were forced to walk along the track after electricity supply was disrupted on September 7 and 9 recently.
This was not the first time such a situation has occurred. In 2015, 80 passengers were stranded after their train broke down and was stuck on the track.
This was followed by another incident where the LRT door system at Abdullah Hukum station failed and caused passengers to be stranded at their respective stations.
“We should demand that Prasarana and RapidKL be more considerate and responsible in terms of passenger safety.
“Especially when this problem is caused by those in charge of the LRT system themselves,” she added.
Public transport problems are Malaysia’s nightmare
