Genting Highlands bus crash report to be submitted Tuesday

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26, 2014): The Independent Advisory Panel to the Minister of Transport today said the evaluation report on the Genting Highlands bus crash on Aug 21 last year would be submitted to the ministry on Tuesday (Jan 28).
Its chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye in a statement said the six-member panel had finalised the report after conducting several meetings in the course of its work besides making two visits to the crash site.
"In the course of its (panel) review and evaluation of the respective reports from Miros (Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research) and other parties, the panel (had) sought clarification from the heads of ten agencies and parties in relation to the bus crash," he said.
Lee added that he would issue a statement, detailing some of the findings and recommendations of the panel after presenting the report to Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.
In the accident at Kilometre 3.6 of Jalan Genting Highlands-Kuala Lumpur, 37 people were killed while 16 others were injured. It was the worst ever road tragedy in the country.
Following the tragedy, Hishammuddin had announced the establishment of an independent panel under the ministry to gather specific details about the incident as well as to be a platform for the public to channel information about it.
Meanwhile, Lee added that the report was prepared based on five terms of reference, which were: "to evaluate and review reports by Miros and other relevant agencies/parties; to obtain further feedback and clarification from the relevant agencies/parties; to make effective recommendations so as to avoid similar incidents in the future".
Besides that, to propose a suitable framework that will monitor the implementation of the recommendations and to present the report to the Minister of Transport Malaysia.
The panel was appointed by the minister on Oct 29 last year. – Bernama