UPSI bus tragedy: Tour company fined RM20,000 for using illegal permit


PUTRAJAYA: Kenari Utara Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd pleaded guilty to two charges - selling a tour bus with registration number PLD 8892 and leasing the vehicle's permit to Noreen Maju Trading - on Monday (Nov 3), Sinar Harian reports.

Noreen Maju Trading is an unlicensed tour operator under the Tourism Industry Act 1992, and the bus was involved in a fatal accident while transporting Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students on June 9, the Malay language daily reported.

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