Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email I was just thinking about the Kampar bridge disaster two days ago (its new school term, and my mind just went to the families that lost their children) and look at what appears in today’s news. So, what has been done so far? I know Perak state government had the contractor blacklisted. The outcome of the investigation was announced, but I don’t remember the report being released. Teachers given counseling (parents and students?). The parents started a law suit. Other than that?
The parents of the three drowned schoolchildren from the Kuala Dipang collapsed bridge tragedy late last year wants the Education Ministry to publicise its report on its investigations.
Former Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar said the three parents were hell-bent on pursuing the matter and wanted the findings to be made known to them.
”If there is nothing to hide, why keep it (the findings) a secret?” he told reporters during a press conference here on Thursday.
”The Government should tell the parents and the public what went wrong and punish those responsible for the tragedy,” said Sivakumar, also the Tronoh assemblyman who led the Pakatan Rakat ad hoc investigation committee into the matter.
”The matter should not be put aside as it has not been resolved yet,” he added.
Sivakumar said no action has been taken against those responsible for approving the contruction of the bridge since the Education Ministry completed their investigations last year.
”They already know the cause for the collapse of the bridge and also identified all the parties involved,” he said.
”Only the contractor who built the bridge has been made the scapegoat,” he claimed.
He noted that Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir had blacklisted the contractor and said he would not be awarded any more contracts.
