Malaysian minister offers personal aid to family of man killed in drink-driving crash

Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke offers condolences and personal financial aid to the family of Amirul Hafiz Omar, who was killed in a drink-driving accident.

Photo: Handout A Malaysian minister visited and provided financial aid to the widow of a motorcyclist who was killed in a drink-driving accident that threatened to inflame racial tensions in the country.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke visited the family of the late Amirul Hafiz Omar, 33, on Sunday, accompanied by Road Transport Department Director General Aedy Fadly Ramli.

He gave Amirul’s 32-year-old widow, Nor Nadia Abdul Majid, money from his own pocket to help the family with expenses. “However, no amount of money can compensate for the loss of a loved one, especially for a wife who now has to continue life without her husband by her side,” Loke wrote in a social media post on Wednesday. “I deeply understand the sorrow felt, and I express our profound sympathies to the deceased’s family in facing this difficult time.” The horrific car crash in Klang, Malaysia, on Sunday.

The driver was believed to have driven against the flow of traffic before his car collided with Amirul Hafiz Omar’s motorcycle.

Photo: Handout Amirul was on his way to buy his eldest son a mathematics book in the Malaysian port city of Klang on Sunday when his motorcycle was rammed by a car allegedly being driven at high speed, the New Straits Times reported.

The driver was believed to have driven against the flow of traffic while overtaking several vehicles along the single-lane Jalan Raya Barat before his car collided head-on with Amirul’s motorcycle.

Dashcam video showed the father of three being thrown several metres in the air before landing on the roof of another car.

He died on the spot.

Police said the driver tested positive for both alcohol and drugs.

News of the crash raised an outcry along racial lines, as the driver was ethnically Indian. “Indians, don’t defend or twist anything when it’s clearly wrong.

I hate to say it, but we are part of the problem when things like this keep happening,” said social media user Murugan, apologising on behalf of the Malaysian Indian community.

However, others said race was not the issue. “The one at fault is the driver, not the race.

This is about an individual, not any particular group.

We are all human and the same,” said another user, Azleen Aween Syarina.

On Wednesday, Saktygaanapathy Ravichandran was charged with murder at the Klang Magistrate’s Court, T

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