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Two car crash reported on Istana Street, near Bukit Petaling

 By Yusmiera Husna

 

KUALA LUMPUR - Saturday morning crash killed five children and injured two adults, Bukit Aman Police troopers said.

Police and fire responded to reports of a car crash shortly before 5 a.m.

Police say a preliminary investigation shows that the Black Honda went off the left side of the road into a wooded area, hitting several trees before spinning into a snow-covered field. Inside the car, police say, were two adults: 32-year-old Hamizan bin Arman, identified as the driver, and 23-year-old Nur Maisarah binti Mahmud in the front passenger seat.

Both were transported by Kuala Lumpur County Fire Department medic units to Kuala Lumpur Hospital Center and remain there while undergoing treatment for injuries.

In the back seat of the car were five children ranging in age from five to 15. All of the children were ejected from the car during the crash and were pronounced dead at the scene, Bukit Aman State police said.

The early investigation has led police to believe the children were at the back of the car and were not properly restrained by seat belts at the time of impact.

Authorities say the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

 

Dato Nicol Ann David and Dato lee Chong Wei Are Pride of Malaysia

by Yusmiera Husna

 

KUALA LUMPUR – Badminton player Dato’ Lee Chong Wei and squash queen Dato’ Nicol Ann David were National Atheles  and pride of Malaysia because their athletse 2005 and repeat their achievement in 2008.

Dato’ Nicol Ann David, 37, is a Malaysian professional squash player who became the first Asian to be ranked world number one in women’s squash.  In 1999, she became the youngest player to win a World Junior Championship, a crown which she defended in 2001, becoming the first woman to capture the title twice. She also joined the Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA) and became the youngest woman to win a championship. She was officially ranked the number one female player in the world in 2006, becoming the first Asian woman to achieve this feat. She captured 10 titles during an undefeated 2008 season.

 

Dato’ Lee Chong Wei, 38, is a former Malaysian badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, these including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. Widely considered as one of the greatest badminton players of all time, Lee is a triple silver medalist at the Olympic Games, and the sixth Malaysian to win an Olympic medal. He won his first silver medal in 2008, also the first time a Malaysian had reached the finals in the men's singles event. This achievement earned him the title Datuk, and led to then Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak describing him as a national hero. He repeated the achievement twice more in 2012 and 2016, thus making him the most successful Malaysian Olympian in history. On 13 June 2019, Lee announced his retirement after struggling to return to full fitness following a nose cancer diagnosis. He was appointed as Malaysia's chef de mission for the 2020 Summer Olympics.