00:00The lorry driver involved in the crash that killed nine Federal Reserve unit members in Tulu Intan
00:07has been remanded for four days. The remand order was granted by Magistrate Naidatul Atira Azman
00:13following an application by Hilir Perak Police Chief Bakri Zainal Abidin at the Tulu Intan
00:19Magistrate's Court. Bakri said the remand order would enable the driver to be probed under Section
00:2541 Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless driving.
00:32Yesterday, Deputy Inspector General of Police Ayub Khan Maidin Piche said the lorry driver had six
00:38prior criminal convictions, one for drugs, one for rape, and four for theft. The nine FRU members
00:45were killed when the lorry, which was carrying gravel, collided with the FRU truck in Tulu Intan
00:51yesterday morning. Preliminary investigations suggest that the accident was caused by a steering wheel failure.
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