KUALA LUMPUR: Authorities will take the operator of a Bagan Serai supermarket escalator, where a toddler’s genitals were injured, to court after they found the machine has been fitted without a valid certificate of fitness (CF).
The operator, which was running the escalator despite not maintaining it or renewing its CF, could face up to a RM100,000 fine or two years’ jail if found guilty, said Department of Occupational Safety and Health Malaysia (DOSH) director-general Datuk Mohtar Musri.
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