Is PM Anwar Ibrahim, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (Minister of Home Affairs of Malaysia who is responsible for the Police including FRU), the Inspector General of Police, the employer/owner of the lorry, the government department and/or officers(including Minister of Transport) - who is responsible to ensure road-worthiness of trucks, the employer/owner of the truck? Consider this...
SHOCKING - Why did the police reveal that the driver of the lorry that was involved in the 'accident' with the FRU truck had several past convictions? This was wrong, the fact that he had past convictions is IRRELEVANT to this accident - and revealing it caused PREJUDICE against the driver and his family/friends. Is the police BIASED against the driver, noting that the other vehicle was a police/government vehicle?
Tunnel vision occurs when investigators become overly focused on a specific suspect or theory, ignoring other possible leads or interpretations of evidence. This narrow focus can lead to mistakes as officers fail to consider alternative suspects, motives, or evidence that could point in a different direction.
For example, once an investigator becomes convinced that a particular person committed the crime, they might subconsciously disregard or downplay any evidence that contradicts their theory. Over time, this narrowed focus can result in biased decisions, preventing the truth from surfacing.
Do not forget that our Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has at least 5 past conviction, 4 for corruption/abuse of power, and one for SODOMY. Will this matter when he is being investigated for a road accident, or any other crimes? NOPE - it is totally irrelevant.. and it can lead to 'tunnel vision' amongst the police/investigators if the allow past convictions to influence their investigation of suspects.
Those who are repentant of their crimes should be treated as ORDINARY citizens after they come out after serving their sentence > of course, some like even our current PM seem to have never acknowledge his crimes, let alone repented, as he still claims INNOCENCE... The employer should be applauded for giving employment to a former convict...as sometimes, convictions makes it rather difficult to get jobs - SECOND CHANCE denied wrongly.
Past CONVICTIONS or suspicion of past criminal activity should NEVER prejudice police investigations - or even trials.
The courts too does not take into consideration past crimes or convictions during the trial, and only after CONVICTION will the court look at past crimes, for the purpose of sentencing. The fact, that is a REPEAT offender may lead to a higher sentence. The fact that he/she had been convicted for other different crimes, different from the one he/she has been tried and convicted will reasonably not be taken into consideration.
He[Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay ] said the 45-year-old lorry driver had a criminal record of six previous cases, one for drugs, one for rape and four for theft. However, he said all these cases have already been tried in court and sentencing was passed down.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay acted unprofessionally, in my opinion, and this also brought disrepute to the Malaysian Police - THUS, he should APOLOGIZE, and action should be taken against him.
Home Minister or IGP must address this problem - do not reveal to the public past convictions of suspects being investigated, including of victims of police shooting.
Police should focus on the accident or crime(if any) - and should not be prejudiced by the background of the suspect , be it his ethnicity, religion, poverty level, fact that he is not a YB or a YAB, or even the fact that he has past convictions for other unrelated crimes.
As it is, a suspect already is subjected to bias, when the victims are public officers or persons of certain ethnicity/religion and alleged perpetrator was of a minority ethnic/religion.
The police must at all times be PROFESSIONAL and unbiased in investigation of any crimes. They must never presume a suspect guilty - and focus the investigation on just getting evidence to support their presumption. They should be open to the possibility of other suspects, and evidence that the suspect may be not guilty.
Has the accident investigation even been completed? Who caused the accident? Was it the DRIVER of the truck, or was it the Employer who asked this man a poorly maintained truck? When was the last safety inspection - was the government authorities or its authorized vehicle inspectors involved - if yes, how come this defective lorry given the 'green light' to be used? Was there negligence on the part of the government that failed to ensure the road-worthiness of such vehicles? Was there corruption? Does not such vehicles require regular inspection to determine road worthiness - at least once a year?
Yesterday, Bakri said preliminary investigations suggested that a steering wheel failure was believed to have caused the accident.If there was 'steering wheel failure', then how can one even blame the employee DRIVER - the fault then would lie in the employer company and those responsible for 'road-worthiness' and safety of the vehicle. A driver is given the truck and asked to drive only - he is generally not responsible for the maintenance of the vehicle or the upkeep of the vehicle? So, why have been the name of the employer company or the owner of the truck been mentioned yet.
Why is the driver being remanded - do you think he will not turn up at the police station for the purpose of investigation? The same treatment accorded to Najib and other 'big shots' should be accorded to any ordinary person >> There is really NO NEED to detain suspects for the purposes of investigation - Beware, it may be 'per-conviction punishment', and let's not forget the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in court - Yes, it is not for the police or even the government to conclude that someone is GUILTY - it is for the Courts.
Next, we will focus on the FRU Truck itself - was it safe for its passengers? Was there seat-belts that will prevent death or injury? Whose responsibility was that PM, Home Minister...
Why do we have to wait for a Disaster, before the government acts?
Petronas Gas Pipeline - Victims were assisted a bit > but where are the REFORMS? New Standards of Safety? The approval of houses/buildings so close to danger? The government approval to work with heavy machinery so close to the pipeline...?
Now, 9 are dead because there were no safety measures in the FRU truck to prevent injury and death? Again, some financial assistance - and trying to lay blame on the driver...Something is amiss.
PM Anwar's government will most probably 'move on' - and hope the public be satisfied with the driver of the truck being blamed for it - How unjust when the government does not take responsibility for mishaps and deaths that could have been avoided by good governance, good enforcement, ...
Lorry driver with six past convictions remanded over Teluk Intan crash that killed nine FRU officers
TELUK INTAN, May 14 – The driver of the lorry involved in a crash that killed nine Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) policemen on Jalan Sungai Manik-Sungai Lampam has been remanded for four days, New Straits Times reported.
The remand order, issued under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code, was granted by Magistrate Naidatul Athirah Azman following an application by Hilir Perak police chief Assistant Commissioner Bakri Zainal Abidin
The order is effective from today until Saturday as investigations proceed under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless driving causing death.
The 45-year-old suspect appeared in court around 8.50am wearing a black shirt and dark blue tracksuit.
Yesterday, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay clarified there was no ketum found in the lorry that crashed into the FRU vehicle and the driver’s urine was negative for drugs.
He said the 45-year-old lorry driver had a criminal record of six previous cases, one for drugs, one for rape and four for theft.
However, he said all these cases have already been tried in court and sentencing was passed down.
Earlier this morning, the final honours for nine personnel were completed in accordance with Royal Malaysia Police ceremonial protocols at the FRU Unit 5 base in Sungai Senam in Ipoh.
Nine members of the FRU were killed, while two others sustained injuries, when a lorry carrying stones collided with an FRU truck transporting 15 personnel yesterday.
Yesterday, Bakri said preliminary investigations suggested that a steering wheel failure was believed to have caused the accident. - Malay Mail, 14/5/2025
FRU crash: PDRM identifies safety upgrades for personnel transport after fatal accident
- Nation
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Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Photo: Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has identified safety enhancement measures for its personnel travelling in trucks for operations, following the crash that claimed the lives of nine Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel on Tuesday (May 13).
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said a discussion would be held with the leadership of the Internal Security and Public Order department, as the department also used trucks to transport General Operations Force (GOF) personnel.
"Among the aspects under review is the addition of a better system to protect passengers in the trucks, although these trucks have long benches that may or may not be compatible with the system," he said when contacted on Wednesday (May 14).
He said another measure being considered was the use of buses and police patrol cars to escort the force's vehicle convoys.
In the 8.50am incident on Tuesday, nine personnel from FRU Unit 5 based in Sungai Senam, Ipoh, were killed after the truck they were travelling in collided with a lorry. – Bernama, Star, 14/5/2025
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