In the early hours of August 19, a government Immigration truck ran a red light at Kuala Lumpur's Maju Junction, colliding with a lawfully moving vehicle and striking a family of pedestrians — killing a father and his two daughters, and leaving his wife hospitalized. The tragedy, born in a single intersection in a single unguarded moment, has drawn the direct attention of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who has ordered an immediate investigation and pledged that negligence, if confirmed, will not be shielded by institutional belonging. It is a moment that asks an old and necessary question: when
PM orders Immigration probe after truck kills three at Maju Junction
Three family members—a 53-year-old man and his daughters aged 25 and 12—killed; wife injured and hospitalized.