Bangladesh High Comm confirms family among victims

The Bangladesh High Commission today confirmed that among victims of the bus accident in Genting Highlands yesterday was a Bangladesh family, whose father had reportedly died.

Its Counselor S.M. Anisul Haque said the other family members, the mother and two children, were in relatively stable condition and being treated in Selayang Hospital for broken back, hands and legs.

When contacted by Bernama today, he said the other son of the family and relatives were expected to arrive in Kuala Lumpur today and they planned to transfer the injured family to Gleneagles hospital, if possible.

According to the list released by police today, Rashidah Buyah, 50 and her two sons Rezyan, 24 and Raawlok, 14 were among 16 people who were injured in the accident.

The bus plunged into a 60-metre ravine yesterday while traveling downhill at KM3.5 Jalan Genting Highlands, killing 37 people, including the driver, making it the worst bus mishap in the country.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia said they had yet to receive news if any of their nationals had died in the accident as the forensics teams were still conducting post mortems on the victims.

Communications Counselor Dino Nurwahyudin said so far three of the 16 injured victims have been identified as Indonesians and were being treated at the Bentong and Selayang Hospitals.

"We have visited all of them. The victim at the Bentong Hospital is ready to be discharged," he said when contacted.

"We will help the families if they want their deceased relatives to be buried in Indonesia," he added.