26-05-2025
Heartfelt support persists after FRU tragedy
Easing the burden: Razarudin (second from right) presenting donations to the fallen FRU personnel's next of kin at the state Police Senior Officers' Mess. — Bernama
IPOH: Families and personnel of the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) from Unit 5 Ipoh, involved in a fatal accident in Teluk Intan on May 13, continue to receive support from various parties.
The latest donations were presented at the state Police Senior Officers' Mess by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain and his wife, Puan Sri Zainah Othman, chairperson of the Police Family Association, yesterday.
Family members, including the widows of the FRU personnel involved, accepted the donations on their behalf, Bernama reported.
Among the contributors were the Perak and Johor police contingents, Koperasi Polis Diraja Malaysia, Yayasan Insan Sakan, the Malaysian Islamic Economic Development Foundation, Lumut Maritime Terminal Sdn Bhd and Enforcement, and Leadership and Management University.
Razarudin said the donations collected enabled the families or next of kin of the personnel who were killed to receive cash aid totalling more than RM46,000, while injured personnel received over RM11,000.
'The widows or next of kin have each received a compassionate contribution of RM25,000 from the National Heroes and Defence Trust Fund, which was credited on May 23,' Razarudin said.
'Hopefully, this will help ease the burden of the bereaved families and injured personnel,' he added.
Also present at the event was state police chief Comm Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin.
In the incident that occurred at 8.50am on May 13, an FRU lorry carrying 18 personnel from Unit 5, based in Sungai Senam here, was involved in a tragic collision with a gravel-laden lorry while returning from an assignment in Teluk Intan.
The accident claimed the lives of nine FRU personnel while the remaining nine were injured.
