GEORGE TOWN, Jul 19 – Penang Gerakan urged State Government to take step to resolve the flood issue at Relau. Meanwhile, they also putting up signboard beside the incident location, a old man who was droned when he fell into a monsoon drain last Friday, to caution the public. Penang Gerakan vice chairman Oh Tong Keong and his party colleagues fixed the signs at the monsoon drain at Jalan Tun Dr Awang here this morning.
He said his party decided to installs the warning signs as the relevant authorities had not take any action. It has been six days since the incident but there is there no action from the state to resolve the issue. He said the opening to the drain should have been closed by now or fencing installed at the sides of the drain opening to prevent similar incidents.
Businessman Lim Kean Chuan, 59, drowned in the submerged monsoon drain on July 14 when floods hit about 6am. In the incident at about 10.30am, the car driven by Lim was said to have been trapped in a flash flood, drowned when he alighted from the vehicle and fell into a monsoon drain while his body was recovered by firemen hours later. — PN
