PM orders aid for families of UPSI accident victims


KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed the Ministry of Higher Education to coordinate appropriate assistance for the families of students from Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) who were killed in a tragic road accident near Gerik early Monday morning (June 9).

In a heartfelt message posted on Facebook, Anwar said he and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, were deeply saddened to learn of the accident involving a bus and several vehicles, which claimed the lives of 15 UPSI students.

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