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Wife, daughter of MPV driver still in hospital, son discharged after Gerik collision with UPSI student bus
BALING, June 10 — The wife and six-year-old daughter of a Perodua Alza driver involved in a fatal crash with a bus carrying Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students remain warded at Baling Hospital and are reported to be in
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Transport minister pledges firm action as APAD, JPJ investigate bus operator behind UPSI tragedy
KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) has issued a show-cause letter to the bus operator involved in this morning’s crash at KM53 of the East-West Highway near Tasik Banding, Gerik, which claimed the lives of
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After autopsy, UPSI releases names of all 15 students killed in Gerik collision
IPOH, June 10 — The identities of all 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students who were killed in a horrific crash at KM53 of the East-West Highway (JRTB) near Tasik Banding in Gerik early this morning have been confirmed.
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MEF Highlights and Defends Malaysia’s Labour LawReforms in Compliance with the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, at 113th ILOConference in Geneva
Geneva, June 10 — The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF), delivered arobust and reasoned intervention at the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), Committee on Application of Standards (CAS), highlighting and defending Malaysia’s evolving industrial relations landscape and providing
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King and Queen mourn UPSI students killed in crash, pray for the injured
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim and Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, King and Queen of Malaysia, have expressed their heartfelt condolences to the families of the 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students who perished in
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Istana Negara donates 100 cows, distributes sacrificial meat to 14,000 in need
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — A total of 14,000 individuals, including those from the asnaf (tithe recipient) group, received sacrificial meat contributed by Istana Negara in conjunction with this year’s Aidiladha celebration. Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara
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Higher Education Ministry, UPSI step in with RM3,000 aid for grieving families of students killed in Gerik crash
IPOH, June 9 — The Higher Education Ministry (KPT) will provide an initial aid of RM2,000 and disaster relief of RM1,000 to the families of victims involved in the tragic bus accident that claimed 15 lives at KM53, East-West Highway
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Final journey home: Community groups unite in 19-hearse convoy for UPSI crash victims
JERTIH, June 9 — Nineteen hearses were dispatched to Perak to transport the remains of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students who were killed in a tragic road accident along the East-West Highway near Tasik Banding, Gerik, early this morning.
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Johor man blames wife for wrong-way stunt on Jalan Skudai
JOHOR BARU, June 9 — A domestic dispute took a sharp turn – literally – after a man drove against traffic on Jalan Skudai here in the early hours of Hari Raya Aidiladha. Johor Baru South police chief Assistant Commissioner
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UPSI, operator say fatal bus was student-chartered and in good condition
IPOH, June 9 — The bus that crashed along the East-West Highway near Tasik Banding in Gerik this morning, killing 15 people, was privately hired by Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students and not part of any official university programme.
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