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Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir’s 259 days as the squatter and usurper Perak Mentri Besar has shown his greatest achievement over a "standard" Barisan Nasional project.
Kuala Dipang (Perak), 27 October 2009: One pupil drowned and 21 others are feared missing after a newly built suspension bridge collapsed into the Kampar River as pupils participating in a 1Malaysia camp were walking across at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Dipang near here last night. About 20 other pupils managed to hold on to the ropes of the collapsed bridge and saved themselves while several others were pulled out of the swift-flowing river by a teacher and a guard of the school in the incident at about 10.30pm. Perak Deputy Chief Police Officer Datuk Zakaria Yusof said today the body of the pupil, an Indian girl, was found by rescuers at 8.30am and had been sent to the Kampar Hospital.
Newly built bridge
Ironically, the iron-cable bridge, about 30 feet (9 meters) over the river was built recently to replace an old one that had fallen apart with age.
In Putrajaya, Fire and Rescue Services Department director-general Datuk Hamzah Abu Bakar said that initial investigations revealed that the anchor for the bridge’s cable failed.
The anchor was pulled out and the bridge gave way. But why it gave way is yet to be ascertained, he said.
A villager said the way the bridge was constructed had given rise to questions, especially pertaining to the size of the base concrete block which did not match the metal pillars which held the cables.
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