Rail cable theft on the rise in October


Long stretch: Shi (left) and CCC-ECRL Section 13 occupational safety and health officer Mohd Zulhairi Muhd Zaidi inspecting one of the cable theft locations along the ECRL route near Maran. — Bernama

MARAN: Thieves have struck 32 times in the past five months, stealing cables along the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) tracks and causing cumulative losses estimated at RM3mil.

This month alone, they struck nine times.

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