Channel NewsAsia - Wednesday, February
11
SINGAPORE: A Singapore bus driver was attacked by
parang—wielding men in a bold robbery attempt in the southern
Malaysian city of Johor Bahru on Tuesday evening.
The incident occurred on SBS Transit bus service number 160
which had just left the Kotaraya shopping centre. It was heading
for the Woodlands Checkpoint at the border with Singapore.
A caller to MediaCorp’s News hotline said the driver was slashed
with a parang when he tried to close the door on the men who were
trying to board.
An SBS Transit spokesman told Channel NewsAsia that the injured
driver would be transferred from the Johor General Hospital to
Singapore soon.
He is believed to be a Singapore permanent resident in his early
thirties.
It is not known how many passengers were on board at the time of
the incident or if any of them were injured. The assailants fled
immediately after the incident.
Service 160 plies between Kotaraya in Johor Bahru and the Jurong
East Interchange in Singapore, and the journey usually takes about
70 minutes.
— CNA/yt
