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SPAD gantung 27 permit bas ekspres Transnasional

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 April

Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (SPAD) menggantung 27 permit bas ekspres Transnasional bagi laluan Timur-Sektor Utara, berkuat-kuasa esok.

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif SPAD, Mohd Nur Ismal Mohamed Kamal, berkata tindakan diambil selepas mendapati syarikat bas itu tidak memantau had kelajuan selain sistem pengesan global (GPS) gagal berfungsi ketika terbabit kemalangan di Bukit Lebu, Jalan Bentong-Raub, minggu lalu, sehingga menyebabkan tiga penumpang mati manakala 10 lain parah.

Katanya, SPAD turut memberi amaran akan mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap syarikat bas yang terbabit dalam kemalangan di Temerloh dan Pekan, Pahang, jika pasukan audit SPAD mengesan pelanggaran syarat pelesenan atau pekeliling berkaitan.

Sehubungan itu, katanya, SPAD turut menggariskan tujuh usaha penambahbaikan bagi mengetatkan prosedur keselamatan yang harus dipatuhi syarikat pengendali bas di negara ini.

Antara usaha lain penambahbaikan ialah pasukan audit pihak berkuasa itu akan mengaudit pemantauan pematuhan had kelajuan GPS bagi setiap pengendali bas ekspres di Semenanjung Malaysia dalam masa 30 hari.

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Transnasional bus permits suspended

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21:

Konsortium Transnasional Berhad had 27 of its bus permits suspended effective April 23, according to a statement issued by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), today.

The permits suspended were of the bus operators from Kota Bharu to Kuala Lumpur route.

This follows the fatal bus crash near Bentong, on April 12, which saw three passengers killed after the bus crashed, and it was later revealed the driver tested positive for drugs.

In SPAD’s statement, it said an audit on the company found that it did not monitor its buses speed limits, apart from the global positioning (GPS) trackers on the buses which were not working.

The commission also issued a warning that action would be taken against the companies of the other two buses involved in accidents last week if they are found to violate licence conditions.

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Driver in fatal express bus crash pleads not guilty

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21:

The driver of a Transnasional express bus which crashed on April 12, at Kilometer 11 of Jalan Bentong-Raub, Pahang, today pleaded not guilty to three charges of driving under the influence of drugs.

Wan Khairul Affendi Mustafa, 35, was driving the double decker bus carrying 68 passengers, and believed to have overtaken a few vehicles before the bus skidded at a corner, and crashed into an electric pole.

Three passengers, including a married couple, died and ten others were injured.

The deceased were identified as Suhaisam Che Abdulla, 33, his wife, Zarifah Alias, 26, and a Somalian, Mohamad Mohamud Abdalla, 31.

Meanwhile, the authorities will step up strict inspections on express and tour bus services following a recent spate of crashes involving these buses.

Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi says the ministry will launch random inspections on these buses at bus terminals and place enforcement patrols at accident-prone areas.

“The ministry will hold a meeting with all related agencies tomorrow to discuss further enforcement actions to be taken,” he said today.

The agencies, including the Road Transport Department, Land Public Transportation Commission (SPAD), will discuss further preventive actions to be taken.

Ab Aziz said action to prevent accidents involving express buses need to be hastened.