KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu authorities desires an in depth investigation to be carried out by the Marine Department (JLM) and police to establish the reason for the collision between a vacationer boat and a fishing boat on the Besut River estuary close to the Kuala Besut Jetty on Monday (Jan 31).
State Tourism, Culture and Digital Technology Committee chairman Ariffin Deraman mentioned the related authorities investigation was additionally to make sure that such an incident doesn’t recur.
“The security and luxury of vacationers to the resort islands have all the time been a precedence of the state authorities. We don’t want this incident to recur as it would create a adverse notion of non-compliance with the usual working procedures (SOPs) whereas on the boat.
“If the accident was as a result of boat driver’s negligence, then motion must be taken towards him so that it’ll function a lesson to all,” he mentioned when contacted by Bernama on Wednesday (Feb 2).
In the three.30pm incident on Jan 31, a vacationer boat from Pulau Perhentian ferrying 29 passengers collided with a boat carrying three fishermen within the jetty space.
All passengers and crew members of each boats fell into the water, however they had been rescued by members of the police, Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM), Malaysian Civil Defence Force and the general public.
Currently, seven people – two adults and 5 kids, aged between 4 and 70 – are nonetheless being handled on the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ).
Expressing remorse and disappointment, Ariffin mentioned, most significantly, boat operators should concentrate on the protection of passengers and to not make extreme income solely.- Bernama
