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Rakyat Post
13-05-2025
- Rakyat Post
[Watch] Eight FRU Officers Die In Dawn Truck Crash, Echoing 1990's Dark Chapter
Subscribe to our FREE Along the quiet stretch of Jalan Sungai Lampam in Langkap, Perak, history repeated itself in tragedy in the grey morning light. The call came to fire services at 8:54 AM this morning (13 May), breaking the morning calm with grim urgency. Eight members of Malaysia's Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) – the nation's elite riot police – lost their lives when their vehicle collided with a stone-laden truck that reportedly experienced steering failure. They were heading home to Ipoh after a routine deployment during the Chitrapournami festival in Hilir Perak. Their shift was done, and their guard was finally lowered. Perak Fire and Rescue Department director Sayani Saidon would later confirm what many feared – eight officers would never return home. Their vehicle, carrying 18 personnel including the driver (six others were seriously injured and four with minor injuries), had become the latest chapter in a haunting legacy. (Video: Facebook/ From Karak to Teluk Intan: History's Cruel Echo in Blue For veterans of the force, the morning's news reopened old wounds. The scene along Sungai Lampam Road echoed a darker day from 35 years ago, when another FRU unit faced catastrophe on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway. On 28 February 1990, 11 officers from Troop 4B perished when their truck, leading a convoy of four FRU vehicles, collided with an express bus and was subsequently crushed by an oil tanker attempting to avoid the initial crash. That day claimed Corporal Mohd Hilmi Ismail, Corporal Saaid Hassan, Lance Corporal Shahimi Lazim, and eight of their brothers-in-arms. (Pix: Kosmo) Five died at the scene; six more would draw their last breaths at Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Now, as rescue workers continue their grim task at Teluk Intan, the parallels are impossible to ignore. Two generations, two tragedies, one continuing story of sacrifice in the line of duty. In the quiet morning hours, when most citizens were beginning their day, these officers were ending their watch – permanently. The investigation continues, but for Malaysia's police force, this morning has already earned its place in their book of remembrance – another dark chapter in the history of those who serve and protect. READ MORE : READ MORE : READ MORE : Parts of this story have been sourced from . Share your thoughts with us via TRP's . Get more stories like this to your inbox by signing up for our newsletter.
Free Malaysia Today
13-05-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
8 FRU personnel killed in accident
The Federal Reserve Unit vehicle was carrying 15 passengers and a driver at the time of its collision with the lorry. (JBPM pic) PETALING JAYA : At least eight Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel were killed in an accident involving a FRU truck and a lorry in Teluk Intan, Perak, this morning. Perak fire and rescue department director Sayani Saidon told Sinar Harian the FRU truck had been carrying 15 passengers and a driver. 'So far, eight fatalities have been confirmed,' she said. Rescue operations are underway at the scene on Jalan Chikus-Sungai Lampam. It is understood that the FRU truck had been on its way back to Ipoh after an operation in Teluk Intan. Sayani said the Teluk Intan fire and rescue station received an emergency call about the accident at 8.45am. In a Bernama report, Hilir Perak police chief Bakri Zainal Abidin said the accident left three people critically injured and seven others with minor injuries.
The Star
13-05-2025
- General
- The Star
Injured hiker airlifted from mountain
A HIKER had to be airlifted from a mountain bordering Perak and Kelantan, after dislocating his left shoulder while hiking, China Press reported. A helicopter was deployed from the Bertam Fire and Rescue Department Air Base to Gunung Yong Belar to retrieve the 63-year-old man. Perak Fire and Rescue Department director Sayani Saidon said they received the report on the incident on Sunday morning and they immediately went to Sultan Azlan Shah airport to provide assistance when the helicopter landed. Airborne rescue: Fire and Rescue personnel winching the hiker to the helicopter as they recover him from a mountain. — JBPM photo The injured hiker was rushed to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh for treatment. > The daily also reported that a restaurant selling grilled skewers in Osaka, Japan, sparked a debate online after it put up a sign banning diners from China. On Saturday, the shop was spotted with a sign on its window which read, 'Many people do not have manners (and therefore) we do not welcome customers from China to visit our shop. Thank you for understanding'. A picture of the sign went viral on social media platform X and received overwhelming support from Japanese netizens. Many of them wrote that the restaurant had every right to prevent unruly customers from entering. 'This is the best restaurant. If I were to go to Osaka, I would definitely visit the restaurant,' one user wrote. However, the sign also sparked a wave of accusations against the restaurant ranging from xenophobia to racism. 'Is it true that only tourists from China lack manners? Is it rational to put all the blame on Chinese nationals?' another netizen wrote. (The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
