Engineers served notice over accident


Collapse: Fire and Rescue Department officials checking the site of the accident in Prai.

BUTTERWORTH: The engineers involved in the construction of steel frames for a building in Prai, where an accident killed three ­workers and injured another three, have been served with a breach of construction notice by the Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP).

This is in addition to the stop-work order issued to the contractor under Section 70(9)(b) of the Drainage and Building Act 1974 immediately after the accident on Friday.

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