KUALA LUMPUR: A proposal to set up a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as an independent advisor to agencies under the Transport Ministry is being considered after flaws were identified in their handling of the Genting bus crash investigation last August.
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the body would be an expansion of the six-member Independent Advisory Panel, which evaluated the reports made by agencies like the Road Transport Department (JPJ), Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) and the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).