Nga calls for strict action against ‘Sotong Ride’ fun fair operator

 

Three people suffered injuries after being thrown out of the ‘Sotong Ride’ on Monday.

PUTRAJAYA: Local government development minister Nga Kor Ming wants strict action to be taken against the operator of an illegal fun fair in Puncak Alam where three people suffered injuries after being thrown out of a ride on Monday.

Nga said he received confirmation from the Kuala Selangor Municipal Council president that the operator did not have a licence for the fun fair.

“The fun fair did not get any permission to operate. Therefore, strict action should be taken on the operator for operating the fun fair illegally,” he said at a press conference at the fire and rescue department’s headquarters here.

Nga hoped that other fun fair operators would not risk operating illegally as it could endanger people’s lives.

Yesterday, Sinar Harian reported that two women and a child were injured after falling from the “Sotong Ride” at a fun fair in Puncak Alam.

Kuala Selangor police chief Ramli Kasa said the incident was being investigated under Section 6 of the Selangor State Entertainment & Places of Entertainment Enactment 1995 for operating without a licence.

Meanwhile, on a proposal by former housing and local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin for a law to address racial discrimination in the property market, Nga said the ministry would study all proposals.

Commenting on the fire and rescue department’s preparation for floods, Nga said that 14,986 officers were ready to be deployed.

He added that 5,235 flood hotspots had been identified nationwide.

Earlier today, the meteorological department warned that the northeast monsoon would result in continuous rain for four days from Dec 17 in the east coast states of Peninsular Malaysia.

In a separate report in The Star, the department’s director-general Helmi Abdullah said that the wet weather was expected to last until early next year due to the monsoon and the La Nina cycle. - FMT