The driver of the trailer that crashed into a pedestrian bridge under construction at the SUKE highway was found to be on methamphetamine.
Association of Malaysian Hauliers immediate past president Nazari Akhbar said drugs were a problem in the community but were not just prevalent in the lorry business. “The haulage industry handles 24 million shipping containers a year. If the industry is plagued with drug problems, I don’t think we can deliver so much around the nation,” he told FMT.
“As far as stage and express buses are concerned, the fares are fixed by the government. But the last fare increase we had was in 2009, which is a long time ago. Previously, the Pakatan Harapan government had also said it was considering increasing fares for express buses, although its administration fell before anything could be implemented.