SEREMBAN, April 23 — The Women, Family, and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM) is ready to provide psychological support to the families of the victims who died in the crash of two Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) helicopters in Lumut, Perak, today.
Its deputy minister Datuk Seri Noraini Ahmad said the ministry, including the Social Welfare Department, is currently seeking detailed information about the victims’ families from the Malaysian Armed Forces before the aid is given.
“We offer our condolences to the families of the 10 victims who crashed in the incident..after the information is gathered, we will send a counsellor from the ministry to listen and help the families concerned.
“We know that in times of trouble like this, they may need others to help calm them down and give them support; we will always and can help the victims’ families,” she said.
Noraini was speaking to the press today after launching the Directory of Community-Based Organisations (CBO) KPWKM@ Seremban.
The RMN has confirmed that 10 of its members died in an incident at 9.32am involving seven crew of the Maritime Operations Helicopter (HOM-AW139) and three RMN Fennec crew.
The incident is understood to have occurred during the flypass practice for RMN’s 90th Anniversary Celebration, which is scheduled for early next month.
— Bernama
