Earlier this week, it was reported within the information {that a} minister’s MPV had been seen trying to beat a visitors jam by tailgating an ambulance on the North-South Expressway on February 3. Now, native authorities growth minister Nga Kor Ming, whose MPV it was that was concerned within the incident, has issued a press release on the matter.

In a put up on his Fb web page, Nga mentioned he was conscious of the information stories of the incident, which occurred following a deadly accident involving seven automobiles on the freeway, main to an enormous visitors congestion.

Nga mentioned at that time, he was on his method to attend an official programme in Ipoh in his car. He mentioned his driver realised that there was a non-public ambulance following his MPV, heading in direction of the scene of the accident. He mentioned his driver gave method to the ambulance in order to offer precedence to the emergency car.

He mentioned the extreme congestion alongside the route led to his driver then trailing the ambulance. “Seeing that visitors was congested, my driver had no selection however to comply with the ambulance whereas on the lookout for area to proceed with the journey to Ipoh, after the ambulance went forward,” he mentioned in his assertion.

“I want to stress it was by no means my intention to interrupt the legislation or flout visitors guidelines and rules, and precedence has all the time been on rescue efforts as prescribed by the legislation,” he mentioned, including that he had already instructed his officer to offer full cooperation to authorities and that he was ready to pay the compound effective for his driver, if he’s discovered to be responsible of any offence. Nga ended his assertion by saying that any inconvenience precipitated was not intentional and was deeply regretted.

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