The 'results' of corruption

More than hundreds of thousands Malaysians including private and public university/college students rely on express buses to travel. This number increases rampantly especially during festive seasons and semester breaks. It’s a fact that express buses are not that safe to travel nowadays since there are a lot of crashes reported by media frequently.

Human life should not be taken lightly. The government must enforce the law immediately to curb further fatalities from the bus crashes. I just wonder how the accidents happen although inspections are carried out by JPJ thoroughly! Are there corruptions involved between the express bus companies, drivers, Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) officers and police officers? I think you know the answer.

SEVERAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING EXPRESS BUSES IN THE PAST 13 YEARS:

DECEMBER 26, 2009

10 killed in Malaysia bus crash: police

MAY 19, 2009

Two die, seven hurt in bus and trailer crash

APRIL 16, 2009

Express bus rams into car, killing mom and children

APRIL 13, 2009

6 die, 5 injured in express bus crash (Update)

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Ten die, 19 injured in bus crash near Tangkak (Update)

JUNE 4, 2008

Two killed in Karak crash, 17 including driver, hurt

APRIL 17, 2008

Thai girl dies in bus crash

JANUARY 30, 2008

20 dead in Malaysian bus crash

July 31, 2006

Twelve pilgrims on the way to St Anne’s Feast were killed when a chartered bus crashed at the 160th kilometre of the North-South Expressway near Nibong Tebal. Thirty-five others were injured.

Dec 1, 2003

Fourteen passengers were killed in an early morning collision involving two buses – a school bus which was converted for commercial use and an express bus – at the 63rd kilometre of the Kuala Lipis-Merapoh trunk road. Twenty-three others were injured.

April 21, 2001

Twelve women and a boy were killed when a bus skidded and crashed into a ditch off the Pengkalan Hulu-Baling road near Baling.

Jan 15, 2001

Nine people were killed and five seriously injured when an express bus and a

trailer lorry collided head-on at the 24th kilometre of the Sarikei-Sibu road during heavy rain.

Dec 22, 1999

A Mutiara express bus caught fire after plunging into a ravine at Kampung Bayu in Paloh, near Gua Musang killing three passengers and injuring eight.

July 16, 1996

A bus, ferrying a group of factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120m-deep ravine near the Genting Highlands Resort, killing 17 of them. Six were children.

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