Task force findings on youth's electrocution to guide vehicle safety review, says Loke

The Star

Any review of vehicle safety measures will be guided by the findings of a special task force investigating the alleged electrocution of a youth on a bus, says Anthony Loke.  The Transport Minister mentioned on Monday (Nov 4) that safety inspections related to the wiring systems of vehicles might be reconsidered following the incident.  Loke explained during a visit to the PETRONAS Cochrane Perkasa station.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/7u3ch  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00In the charging case where you mentioned that the investigating team has set up, does PUSPACOM check on wiring of the motor?

00:12Is that the vehicle's priority?

00:15Because in this case, there's no requirement.

00:25So should it be made?

00:30We have to establish the fact first.

00:33Is it because of the USB?

00:37So nobody has ascertained right now.

00:39So that's why the task force are being set up to ascertain the cause of the incident.

00:47We cannot pinpoint right now if it's because of the USB in the bus.

00:51So we have to check first.

00:52We have to investigate.

00:54And only then we will come out with the cause of the incident.

00:57We will review from there.

01:24To all the officers from MYROS and APAT,

01:28to investigate the cause of the incident,

01:32what happened to the victim,

01:36and what safety issues will be re-examined.

01:42And if necessary, we will move on to the requirements for the bus

01:48or if there's a need for USB in the bus.

01:54As of now, there are no results yet.

01:59We will give two weeks to the task force

02:02to provide a complete report to the Ministry of Transport.

02:05After that, we will see what needs to be done.

02:18For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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