Government/Ministers PRIORITY is people, their safety being CRUCIAL - Not businesses(including Government owned businesses)
How Minister Anthony Loke dealt with the past 2 LRT accidents that caused suffering, injuries and even DEATH may get approval of Finance Minister Anwar as the perpetrator were Government Owned companies, with most likely politically appointed persons > so SAVE the Perpetrators from being Charged and Tried in Court - also 'prevent' revelation of the TRUTH - and settle it. Have the ordinary public victims received JUSTICE? Have the employees affected by this 'industrial accident' got Justice?
Users of LRT, Trains and Malaysian Public Transport have to be CONCERNED today - because when there is an 'accident' - the passengers/people are not a PRIORITY - not even a move to provide compensation/damages to passengers > NOR a push to charge the criminally liable in COURT - Our Minister, for the last head on collisions of LRTs chose to 'PROTECT the CRIMINALS' - no company and certainly human persons involved were CHARGED in Court for their CRIMES?? Both times, a COMPOUND offer - 'You Pay So Much, We Stop Investigations and You Will Not Be Charged in Court'>> so no criminal conviction record, and the TRUTH ..can be 'covered up' - whose mistake caused these accidents? Was it another 'crony' company?
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Now, another LRT accident - 25 passengers and how many staff on this LRT?? Again another Administrative COMPOUND ...
On Thursday (May 28), a train on the Ampang/Sri Petaling Line derailed while passing through a track switch area at Chan Sow Lin station.Rapid KL previously said there were 25 passengers on board at the time of the incident.
And, this Time another issue has the MINISTER and the relevant department have QUALIFIED persons to conduct an INDEPENDENT accident investigation > what NONSENCE, if they only depend on the REPORT of the perpetrator company?
The real test of a mature transport system is how it manages safety, investigates failures and prevents recurrence. That is where Malaysia repeatedly falls short.There is supposed to be a rail regulator: the land public transport agency known as Agensi Pengangkutan Awam Darat (Apad). In theory, Apad exists to regulate, supervise and ensure safety standards in public transport operations.
But when incidents happen, like the one that unfortunately happened on Thursday, they appear unable to immediately mobilise and send a professional technical investigation team to the ground.Instead, the first instinct is often bureaucratic: asking the asset owner, Prasarana or operator Rapid Rail, a Prasarana subsidiary, to prepare and submit a report explaining what happened.
That raises a fundamental question: how can the regulator depend on the regulated party to explain the failure?
ANTHONY Loke, Transport Minister, most disappointing, again seems to be pushing for a COMPOUND offer, just like before - NOT the Charging of Prasarana and Star LRT, and other persons criminally responsible for yet another LRT accident - which also means the CRIMINAL High Court yet again will not be able to ORDER the Convicted to Pay Compensation to the victims...
If not CHARGED in Court, the TRUTH can be yet again COVERED UP - meaning those criminally liable will yet again ESCAPE without any Court Conviction being proof of guilt.
Who else may be criminallly liable for these LRT incidents?
* Finance Minister ANWAR IBRAHIM - as Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, a wholly-owned government entity
* Possibly persons/companies RESPONSIBLE for maintenance/Upkeep or providing needed equipment/systems/etc - was it by OPEN TENDER or just some 'crony connected companies' who provided substandard equipment and service. (This was the question that should have been asked about the KLIA Aerotrain too - why so long to return to normal operations?). SOMETHING may be seriously AMISS with the LRT - 1 accident in 2021, 1 accident in 2024, and now in 2026?
Media/Minister must be cautious not to mislead the Malaysian public by calling it a FINE (all that APAD can do is to make a COMPOUND offer - not FINE) - it is only a COMPOUND offer by the Minister/APAD - PAY, we stop investigation, NO Charging in Court, NO TRIAL, no conviction and no sentence by COURT which may include FINE and imprisonment.
IT means the CRIMINAL does not even have to ADMIT his CRIME in public in Open Court, and since there is NO Conviction in Court - there is NO RECORD of Criminal GUILT - and it also 'PROTECTS' Directors, Officers, Companies that supplied systems/equipment who failed in providing regular upkeep, maintenance ...to ensure travel by LRT is SAFE > This is now the 3rd reported LRT accident, and there are VICTIMS in the form of passengers and staff in these 'accidents', possibly caused by GROSS NEGLIGENCE who suffered injuries, trauma and even death...
In the 2024 LRT accident, where 1 person died, the company and persons responsible should have been charged for MURDER just like car drivers that cause death. When injuries occur, they should at the very least be charged for causing grievious HURT.
** For the Dec 12, 2024 accident, where a brake system failure of a shunting machine operated by Rapid Rail, which led to a collision with a Speeder 3 machine.The accident resulted in one fatality and three injuries to Rapid Rail staff members - APAD under Anthony Loke made a Compound Offer of RM100,000 only - no one was Charged in Court. - Star, 27/2/2026
*** For the May 2021 collision remains the worst incident involving the Kelana Jaya LRT line since it began operations as the Putra line in 1996. The incident left 213 passengers injured, 47 of them seriously. Here again, in - NST, 11/4/2026
So, Minister Anthony LOKE, as the person also responsible for APAD could be said to have 'protected' these criminals, and any other persons who were criminally liable by a COMPOUND OFFER, the amount of which is decided NOT by COURT - but by Minister Anthony LOKE and APAD that comes under him... so NO CRIMINAL CONVICTION... and it was the same amount for the 1st accident and the 2nd accident >
If CHARGED, the COURTS would have imposed a HIGHER sentence of jail term or FINE up to RM500,000bwhen the same perpetrator commits a REPEAT Crime >> But Anthony Loke through APAD offered the same COMPOUND - RM100,000, and most likely the Company pays and those persons/entities really responsible get off SCOTT FREE - no punishment at all for the failings/acts of negligence that caused TRAUMA, injuries, serious injuries, and even DEATH of one person.
'FINE' misleads the PUBLIC because it suggest that COURT ordered the FINE - It is not a FINE when Anthony Loke and the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad) administratively makes a COMPOUND offer - and the law allows that COMPOUND to be RM250,000 or less, as the maximum fine for the offence is RM500,000.
'You Pay So Much, We Stop Investigations and You Will Not Be Charged in Court' – that is briefly what a COMPOUND is, and thus the power to offer compound is open to the possibility of abuse. Compounds may be permissible for small offences – like not wearing mask during Covid, littering, ect.
Accept the compound offer, and you will never get ever again be charged in court for the same crime, tried and convicted...then sentenced with imprisonment and FINE up to RM500,000 - and the COURT can also ORDER the Convicted to pay compensation to ALL victims...
By simply offering COMPOUND, JUSTICE is NOT SERVED at all, and the TRUTH remains hidden > who is criminally liable for all FAILURES that caused the accident... They should have CHARGED them in Court - then the TRUTH will be revealed, and even those who are responsible for the failures will be held criminally responsible...NOW, because of the 'COMPOUND' - Star LRT has NO Criminal Records - NO CONVICTION - they paid the COMPOUND, and escaped being CHARGED and tried in Court...
WHY did Anthony Loke protect this COMPANY, and all them individual persons (or other companies) responsible ???? NOTE that criminal liability of persons/companies had been already acknowledge -
It said the crash was caused by poor maintenance, with the rail operator failing to ensure track safety, including unreadable limb rail conditions in both directions...Apad said Rapid Rail failed to ensure critical track components were in proper working condition. "As a licensed operator, Rapid Rail failed to ensure the rail alignment was safe for operations, leading to the incident. This resulted in the inability to operate the train safely, causing the accident," Apad said in a statement....The agency said safety remains its highest priority, and the fine serves as a reminder to all rail operators to adhere to technical maintenance standards and ensure adequate personnel training.
Another LRT accident - and we recall that there were 2 other Star LRT accidents in the past, where in the 2024 accident someone DIED...
Minister ANTHONY LOKE, remember what happened in both that case - JUST a COMPOUND offer, which Star LRT paid - RM100,000 each time > where BOTH decision for 'letting them off' with a compound offer was made this year 2026??
There was disappointingly NO CHARGES in Court - and that means there was no ADMISSION to the Crime - NO PLEA of GUILT, and NO trial and CONVICTION... and so Star LRT escaped with a CRIMINAL Record - proving that Star LRT was guilty of a CRIME..
Criminally Liable In 2021 LRT Collision Must Be Charged in Court and Convicted Before Court Can Order Convicted to Compensate Victims
Another LRT death - Negligence of Minister of Transport/Government - Deaths that could have been avoided, Anthony Loke??
In the previous case, if Star LRT had been CHARGED in court together with other persons criminally liable - the Court could have imposed MAXIMUM Penalty under Sec 101(10) offence concerning operator’s license, ‘….shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both…’
And all them individuals criminally liable could have even be sent to up to 3 years in prison...
Sec. 242(1) LPTA, says that ‘If a body corporate commits an offence under this Act, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or was purporting to act in any such capacity or was in any manner or to any extent responsible for the management of any of the affairs of the body corporate or was assisting in such management- (a) may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate…’
BUT what Minister Anthony LOKE 'approved' was for APAD to make a COMPOUND offer of just RM100,000, and this happened for the LRT collision with another on the same track in 2024(where 1 died), and ALSO for the similar LRT collision in 2021.. BUT the PEOPLE(the victims) was ignored by the Minister? Have the
SO, did Anthony LOKE protect the PERPETRATORS of CRIME then by CHOOSING not to Charge in Court --- ? Was he 'PRO-BUSINESS'? Was he 'PRO-GOVERNMENT' noting that many of these companies are OWNED by the Government, and maybe the persons responsible may be 'political appointees' of the government - maybe politicians who lost elections > thus NOT the best qualified persons? We recall the recent case of an offer of position to a DAP person if she lost elections???
Johor DAP has rejected allegations by Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi that a proposed appointment involving one of its elected representatives amounted to political bargaining ahead of the state election. Puad had alleged that DAP offered a position in a government-linked entity to Skudai assemblywoman Marina Ibrahim in exchange for electoral cooperation. - NST, 2/6/2026
Did the Minister also protect the INDIVIDUALS responsible, and/or other companies that may be liable, maybe for providing defective equipment/system or failing to provide regular good maintenance/upkeep of the system..
IF you offer a COMPOUND - the MAXIMUM Compound is just less that 50% of the maximum fine of RM500,000 > and that is RM250,000.
And in both past LRT collisions, where people suffered injuries(some serious) and even 1 was KILLED - they were offered a COMPOUND of a token sum of RM100,000 each time > and it looks that Anthony Loke wants the same - as he is asking APAD again a 'token' COMPOUND offer...maybe bit higher this time > and again the individual persons responsible will not get charged.... AND again the victims will not get any COMPENSATION - WHY? Because in a CRIMINAL Court, it is only after the CRIMINAL has been CONVICTED can the JUDGE order the CONVICTED to pay COMPENSATION for the VICTIMS..
Section 235 Compounding of offences > LAND PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACT 2010
(1) The Minister may prescribe any offence under this Act as an offence which may be compounded.
(2) Any of the following persons, namely-
(a) the Director General of Land Public Transport or any land public transport officer;
(b) a Chief Police Officer, a Commissioner of Police or any police officer not below the rank of Inspector specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Minister responsible for the police;
(c) the Director General of Road Transport or Director for Road Transport or any road transport officer specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Director General of Road Transport;
(d) the Dato Bandar;
(e) the Perbadanan Putrajaya; or
(f) an officer of the appropriate authority declared to be an appropriate authority under paragraph (a) of the definition of "appropriate authority" in section 67 of the Road Transport Act 1987, specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Minister responsible for local government,
may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act and prescribed to be a compoundable offence under subsection (1) by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the person making the offer to compound of an amount of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in his or its written offer.
(4) Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (2), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any book, accounts, documents, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, motor vehicle, instrument or matter seized in connection with the offence may be released or forfeited by the Director General of Land Public Transport or any land public transport officer subject to such terms and conditions as it or he thinks fit to impose in accordance with the conditions of the compound.
Anthony LOKE, have the victims of the previous 2 LRT accidents been COMPENSATED yet ... or NOt yet?
If MINISTER Anthony LOKE had just said 'NO COMPOUND' - JUST CHARGE THEM IN COURT, and after all once charged, they can PLEAD GUILTY - and the Court can proceed to sentencing, and then the prosecutor can ask the COURT to make orders for the CONVICTED to pay COMPENSATION to the victims ...and all will be settled.
It was most disturbing that in an earlier media report, Prasarana Malaysia Bhd (Prasarana) and Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd (Rapid Rail) allegedly denied negligence and asserted such claims must be proven with strong evidence. They suggested that victims may be partially or entirely responsible for their injuries sustained during the Kelana Jaya LRT crash that occurred in May 2021… “Failing to stand or sit at the locations designated for passengers, failing to hold the straphangers provided by the defendants, with negligence and/or purposely caused and/or allowed themselves to experience the injuries to which they have claimed,” the statement of defence read….’ (Vibes, 29/5/2023).
Our Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been labelled by some in Malaysia as the "Father of Freedom for the Corrupt'
What should we call Anthony LOKE - the 'Father of Protection of CRIMINALS' - The Minister who DO NOT CARE ABOUT VICTIMS the passengers and employees who were in the said LRTs during the 'accidents' -
Shocking, that the former HR Minister from DAP has already been found by the HIGH Court to be BIASED in favour of employers against workers.
Minister Steven Sim must honourably resign, or be removed from Cabinet because the Court have found him to be BIASED - not just allegations by politicians/public?
The Court Judgment that found Steven Sim(former HR Minister) to have 'demonstrated a clear bias' and failed to be a a neutral arbiter
Now, the leader of DAP is also showing similar CHARACTERISTICS - Protecting alleged CRIME Perpetrators by offering COMPOUNDS.
Remember Ahmad Mazlan - NO Trial just a compound offer. If charged, tried, convicted and sentenced - he would be disqualified from becoming a MP or be a Deputy Minister. MYSTERIOUSLY, even after being charged, he was allowed to take the COMPOUND offer - so never convicted for the CRIME...I consider it unjust..
Former deputy finance minister and Pontian Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan was on Wednesday acquitted of charges of money laundering and giving a false statement against him after he agreed to pay a compound of RM1.1 million.
Ahmad Maslan's acquittal raises much concern - a MADPET statement
So, Minister Anthony LOKE, is there any DIFFERENCE when you allowed Star LRT off the hook with a COMPOUND OFFER?
And, yet again after this new LRT accident, where there were 25 passengers and don't know how many employees...Transport Minister Anthony Loke said he has directed the Land Public Transport Agency to impose the “maximum punishment” against Prasarana Malaysia Bhd after an LRT train derailed this morning.
WHAT NONSENSE - if you want a JUST PUNISHMENT - then demand thorough investigation and INSIST that they be CHARGED for the CRIMES in COURT.
APAD is not a JUDGE and cannot impose FINE - all they can do is offer COMPOUND ...
Is APAD even independently investigating to find evidence to charge those criminally liable - shocked that they seem to leaving it to the 'suspected criminals' to investigate and provide a report .
Minister ANTHONY Loke - what happened to the VICTIMS of this Crime - the passengers and staff.
NOW, should users of LRT, Trains and PUBLIC Transport be CONCERNED about their safety - more so when the operator is some GLC or government owned/controlled company?
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said he has directed the Land Public Transport Agency to impose the “maximum punishment” against Prasarana Malaysia Bhd after an LRT train derailed this morning.
The agency has immediately launched an investigation into the incident, he said, warning that Prasarana’s senior management would not be spared from accountability.
He stressed that the company could no longer maintain a “business-as-usual” attitude following the incident.
“Safety standards and the reliability of public transport services are not matters that can be compromised.
“Serious action, including dismissals, must be taken by the Prasarana board against anyone who is negligent in their duty to restore public confidence in the reliability of rail services under Prasarana,” he said.
Report to be made public
Additionally, Loke announced that the Transport Ministry has also established a special task force to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the cause of the derailment.
Loke said he instructed the findings to be submitted to the cabinet as soon as possible, with the report also to be made public.
He added that public transport safety and service reliability could not be compromised under any circumstances.
Earlier today, Rapid KL confirmed one of its trains had derailed while passing through the track switch area near Chan Sow Lin station, causing disruptions along the Ampang-Sri Petaling line.
All 25 passengers onboard during the incident were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported.
In response, alternative train services and free shuttle buses were activated across affected stations to maintain passenger movement while recovery efforts were underway. - Malaysiakini, 28/5/2026
LRT derailment exposes Malaysia’s technical incompetence
It is troubling that we do not have the institutional competence and expertise required to properly investigate rail accidents.
The train derailment on the Ampang-Sri Petaling LRT line on Thursday has once again exposed a serious weakness in Malaysia’s management of technical safety and emergency response involving rail operations.
Every time an accident like this happens, something deeply troubling is revealed: we simply do not have the technical depth, institutional competence and independent expertise required to properly investigate rail accidents.
We still behave like a country learning on the job, despite having operated urban rail systems for decades.
A modern railway system is not just about building tracks, buying trains and launching new stations with political fanfare.
The real test of a mature transport system is how it manages safety, investigates failures and prevents recurrence. That is where Malaysia repeatedly falls short.
There is supposed to be a rail regulator: the land public transport agency known as Agensi Pengangkutan Awam Darat (Apad). In theory, Apad exists to regulate, supervise and ensure safety standards in public transport operations.
But when incidents happen, like the one that unfortunately happened on Thursday, they appear unable to immediately mobilise and send a professional technical investigation team to the ground.
Instead, the first instinct is often bureaucratic: asking the asset owner, Prasarana or operator Rapid Rail, a Prasarana subsidiary, to prepare and submit a report explaining what happened.
That raises a fundamental question: how can the regulator depend on the regulated party to explain the failure?
In all serious rail systems around the world, the regulator and accident investigation authority would be independent of the operator.
Otherwise, the entire process risks becoming an exercise in self-investigation.
In countries with advanced rail systems such as Japan, France, China and the UK, rail accidents trigger immediate deployment of dedicated investigators, engineers, signalling specialists and safety inspectors.
They secure evidence, analyse track conditions, inspect signalling systems, review maintenance records, examine wheel assemblies, interview operators and reconstruct the sequence of failure scientifically.
In Malaysia, however, we often appear reactive, confused and overly dependent on operators themselves for technical explanations.
The uncomfortable truth is this: many of the institutions tasked with regulating rail safety are staffed largely by generalist civil servants rather than specialised railway professionals with decades of operational and engineering experience. Apad is run by generalist civil servants.
You cannot regulate a highly technical transport system, that runs from 6am to midnight, without the involvement of highly technical people around the clock.
Railways are not administrative paperwork. Railways involve signalling systems, rolling stock engineering, track geometry, traction power systems, braking systems, operational protocols and predictive maintenance regimes.
If the regulator itself lacks technical capability, how can it effectively audit operators? How can it independently verify maintenance quality? How can it identify early warning signs before failures happen?
This is precisely why Malaysia continues to struggle with institutional accountability.
Everyone waits for someone else to produce a report. Everyone passes responsibility upwards or sideways.
Nobody appears empowered or technically capable enough to immediately take command of an accident investigation with authority and confidence. And this is not merely about one derailment.
Damaging public confidence
Every rail accident erodes public confidence in the transport system. Malaysians are already heavily dependent on private vehicles because many people do not fully trust the reliability, connectivity and safety of public transport.
Incidents like this reinforce that distrust.
The irony is painful. We keep talking about reducing traffic congestion, lowering carbon emissions and encouraging people to shift from private cars to public transport.
Yet public transport systems can only succeed if the public believes they are safe, professionally managed and technically reliable.
Safety is no longer a public relations exercise. It is not solved by issuing press statements or forming another committee after an accident.
Safety requires deep ministerial competence and commitment. It requires continuous investment in technical expertise and an independent culture of accountability.
As we build more rail systems, we urgently need a truly independent rail accident investigation body staffed with professional railway engineers, signalling experts and operational investigators, not merely administrative officers.
We need a transport safety culture that prioritises technical excellence rather than bureaucratic compliance.
Otherwise, every accident will continue to follow the same predictable cycle: incident, confusion, press conference, internal report, temporary outrage and eventual silence -— until the next accident happens, and we go through the same rigmarole all over again. - FMT, 31/5/2026
Johor DAP denies political bargaining after Puad raises appointment issue
JOHOR BARU: Johor DAP has rejected allegations by Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi that a proposed appointment involving one of its elected representatives amounted to political bargaining ahead of the state election.
Puad had alleged that DAP offered a position in a government-linked entity to Skudai assemblywoman Marina Ibrahim in exchange for electoral cooperation.
The allegation followed the circulation of a letter purportedly showing Marina rejecting the offer.
In a Facebook post, Puad claimed the proposed chairmanship exposed what he described as a contradiction in DAP's long-standing criticism of political appointments.
"DAP has often condemned political appointments in GLCs as unethical and non-reformist. But now, it appears they are doing worse," he said.
Johor DAP vice-chairman Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali, however, disputed the characterisation of the issue.
He said the discussion involved a statutory body rather than a government-linked company (GLC).
"There is a clear distinction between statutory bodies and GLCs," he said.
Sheikh Umar explained that statutory bodies are established through Acts of Parliament or state enactments to implement public policy objectives, while GLCs are companies incorporated under the Companies Act 2016 with the government as a major shareholder.
He said the suggestion raised by Johor DAP chairman Teo Nie Ching was intended to enable capable individuals to contribute to public administration and policy implementation based on merit and track record.
According to Sheikh Umar, such appointments should be viewed in the context of governance and institutional effectiveness rather than political bargaining.
He also cited Mara chairman Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki as an example of a public institution leader whom he described as proactive in advancing Bumiputera education and entrepreneurship initiatives. - NST, 2/6/2026
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