Semenyih crash: Muhyiddin expresses shock, sadness

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today expressed shock and sadness over yesterday's helicopter crash that took the lives of six people, among them Rompin MP Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis and Datuk Azlin Alias, an aide of the prime minister.

"I am extremely saddened and shocked over the incident which occurred yesterday. I offer my condolences to the families of Tan Sri Jamaluddin, Datuk Azlin and the others," he said in a post on his Twitter account.

Saya amat sedih & masih terkejut dengan tragedi yg berlaku semalam. Takziah buat keluarga TS Jamaludin Jarjis, Dtk Azlin dan semua mangsa.
— Muhyiddin Yassin (@MuhyiddinYassin) April 5, 2015

Jamaluddin, who was the chairman of Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia (PR1MA), and Azlin, who was the principal private secretary of the prime minister, and the four other people were flying back from Pekan, Pahang, to Subang, Selangor, when the AS3655N2 Dauphin (9M-1GB) helicopter went down in a rubber smallholding in Semenyih at 4.55 pm.

The four other people have been identified as the pilot, Capt Clifford William Fournier; operations assistant Aidana Baizieva; Jamaluddin's bodyguard Razakan Seran and businessman Datuk Tan Huat Seang.

PHOTO GALLERY: Helicopter crash in Semenyih