Gerakan erects warning as authorities too ‘slow’ in reacting to drowning

Oh (left) and other party members putting up warning signs a few steps away from the drain and another sign (right) erected next to the monsoon drain which has been temporarily barricaded with ropes on two sides by the authorities. A motorist drowned after falling into the flooded drain along Jalan Tun Dr Awang near the intersection to Relau in Penang. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

TWO signboards to warn road users of the monsoon drain along Jalan Tun Dr Awang in Penang where a 59-year-old businessman drowned in floodwaters were put up Penang Gerakan,

Its vice-chairman Oh Tong Keong said the party decided to put up the signboards yesterday as the relevant authorities were “slow to react to the matter”.