00:00The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry said the 12 Chinese tourists who were injured in
00:07a bus crash in Pahang are in stable condition.
00:11The tourists are among the 18 passengers on board a tour bus that overturned along the
00:16Gunting Highlands-Gunting Sempa Road at 11 a.m. on Saturday, killing two of them.
00:23Officials from the Ministry and Chinese Embassy visited the injured victims at the Kuala Lumpur
00:28Hospital and the Bentong and Temerloh Hospitals on Sunday.
00:33Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yu-ching said family members of some victims were flown
00:39in overnight, and they appeared to be calm despite the ordeal.
01:12Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Shri Tiongking Singh said he was informed that
01:29the bus had been changed three times in the span of the six-day trip of the Chinese tourists
01:35from Yunnan Province.
01:36There were problems involving the lack of air conditioning, absence of seatbelts, and
01:41noises emitting from the bus.
02:12Following the bus crash, the bus driver who was found to have no proper driving license
02:18has been remanded for four days to help with police investigation.
02:22The Ministry said the travel agency involved will risk having its license suspended if
02:28its investigation reveals that the agency failed to comply with the standard operating
02:33procedures.
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