CIDB acts against contractor for site safety negligence

PETALING JAYA (May 22): Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia (CIDB) has taken legal action against the main contractor of KL Eco City development in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, for safety negligence in the collapse of a link bridge that caused the death of a site worker. The incident happened in November last year.

The contractor, Tuck Sin Engineering & Construction Sdn Bhd, was charged at the Kuala Lumpur Session Court today under the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board Act Section 34B(1)(C).

CIDB head of legal counsel office Abdul Razak Husin said in a press statement that findings revealed that the contractor has failed to adhere to construction site safety requirements under CIDB’s Act 520 (Amendment 2011).

“This is the main reason we have taken legal action on this contractor. The case hearing will resume on May 31,” he said.

If found guilty, Tuck Sin Engineering & Construction will be fined not more than RM500,000 or a jail sentence of not more than two years, or both.

In the incident, the pedestrian link bridge in KL Eco City, which was under construction, linking the fourth floor of a commercial building to Mid Valley, gave way, causing the death of a site worker and injuring five others.