Police rule out criminal element in Balakong rep's death

KUALA LUMPUR: The police have ruled out any criminal element in the death of Balakong assemblyman Ng Tien Chee who was killed in a road accident early today.
Kajang District Police chief ACP Ahmad Dzaffir Mohd Yussof said there was no evidence to show any sabotage or another criminal element in the case.
"I was at the scene (of the accident) early today and based on my observation and the information from the investigating officer, there is no criminal element.
"An allegation of there being traces of oil on the road that probably caused the accident is not true. A motorist said the car driven by Tien Chee overtook his vehicle which was using the middle lane," he said to reporters at the Police Training Centre (Pulapol) here.
He said the police were convinced that after he overtook the vehicle, he was unable to avoid a road sweeper truck on the right lane and knocked the left rear of the vehicle.
Ahmad Dzaffir said Ng's body had been sent to the Serdang Hospital for the post-mortem.
Ng died at about 12.30 am after the Nissan X-Trail vehicle he was driving from Kuala Lumpur to Kajang crashed into the rear of a truck at Km11.7 of the Grand Saga Expressway. — Bernama