PETALING JAYA: In the first five days of Ops Sikap IX which started last Thursday, 80 lives were lost in a total of 4,967 road accidents – the highest number of fatalities and mishaps since Ops Sikap was launched in 2001 for the balik kampung crowd.
In the past eight Ops Sikap, the highest number of deaths recorded in the two-week operations was 79 (in 2002 and 2003), while road accidents peaked at 4,528 during Deeparaya last year.
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