PETALING JAYA - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called for a full investigation into the MRT accident that has claimed three lives of Bangladeshi workers.
Expressing his shock and sadness, Najib said this must be carried out immediately to ensure similar incidents do not occur in the future.
"Shocked and saddened to hear about the MRT site accident. A full investigation must be carried out immediately to ensure this never happens again," Najib tweeted.
A section of the MRT guideway dislodged from its piers and fallen on the ground below at 8.30pm, Monday. The incident occurred while work to construct the parapet for the guideway was being carried out.
The section termed a span, made up of 14 units of segmented box girders, is 38m in length and weighs 300 tonnes.
The body of one worker has been retrieved so far.