Muted response from politicians after drug-user caused 3 deaths in Segamat crash By Zikri Kamarulzaman

Malaysiakini : The uproar from politicians over a fatal drink-driving crash that killed Amirul Hafiz Omar last week did not extend to another deadly incident days later, where a lorry driver who tested positive for drugs caused an accident that killed three and injured two.

The three were K Myakrishnan, 71, his wife, S Sevendai, 65, and the latter’s brother S Palamiandy, 75. Myakrishnan and Sevendai’s grandchildren, aged 22 and 18, were also seriously injured in the accident, with the younger one now reportedly in critical condition due to brain injuries.

The accident - in which the lorry driver rear-ended the van the family were in, causing them to crash into another lorry on the opposite lane - occurred just 200m away from their home.

Malaysiakini found that very few politicians spoke about the second crash, which occurred in Segamat on April 2. They included Transport Minister Anthony Loke, Deputy Unity Minister R Yuneswaran, Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh, and Negeri Sembilan exco member J Arul Kumar.

Meanwhile, checks by Malaysiakini found that PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden and Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal have made no comments on the latest accident. Both had called for the death sentence to be imposed on the drunk driver in the Klang crash last week.

BluePanther4725 : Why is the driver's name not mentioned in this case? Is it to cover up his race? It's disgusting that the Law in Malaysia is tainted by race and religion. Why is the AG Dusuki silent on this case? 

Where is the murder charge? If Anwar has any shred of dignity, he should remove the current AG immediately. We can't have an AG who discharges the Law flippantly influenced by race and religion.

Dr Peter Jebaseelan Jesudason : I note the Indian victims were named but not the drug addict lorry driver in this report. Why the glaring omission? This will only lead to unnecessary speculation which reinforces harmful notions of racial protection and privilege. 

If the drug addict driver was Malay, name the person for the sake of consistency just as driver Sakthygaanapathy was named. The attorney general will have no choice now but to charge the drug addict lorry driver for murder just as Sakthygaanapathy was. 

More so because many individuals were tragically killed. If the lorry driver turns out to be Malay and is not charged for murder, it will lead to an unfortunate but justified feeling that the authorities view Indian Hindu lives to have less value than Malay Muslim lives.

OBSERVER from Space : Hello AG, I didn’t hear from you and your public pleasing rationale on this matter. This is clearly the reason why you as the AG SHOULD just stick to implementation and enforcing the law; not pleasing any quarter. 

You are not paid by tax payers to please any mob. Follow the nation’s Criminal Law and act accordingly; unless you don’t understand it. Be professional and learned. Dont act emotionally like a rural kid. Malu apa Bos!!!

MS : Those Malays who ranted and raved previously and demanded a life for a life are now deathly silent because those killed are only Indians. That much is undeniable. What is also undeniable is that Madani has widened the divide.

apanama is back : Yes, previously I had commented, "Look at the Segamat accident in which the driver tested positive for a drug. This accident caused three deaths. 

Most probably will be charged under the RTD Act and DDA." The three dead persons are Indian, and all of them are elderly Indians. Therefore, no comment, no outrage and no 'eye-for-eye or life-for-life acting by the politicians, especially those ' sandiwara' and so-called holier-than-thou race and religion defenders. These are the despicable politicians.

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