MRT Corp chief executive officer Azhar Abdul Hamid announced his resignation today following the incident last night that claimed three lives at an MRT construction site.

Azhar made the announcement at a press conference in Sungai Buloh today.

"As the head of MRT Corp, I am taking personal responsibility for the incident and this is the correct thing to do," he said.

He added that he has informed MRT Corp chairperson Ali Hamsa of his decision.

Azhar was appointed MRT CEO on Sep 1, 2011. He was former managing director for Sime Darby Berhad.

Three Bangladeshi workers died after 650 tonnes of concrete blocks fell on them at the construction site for the Kwasa Damansara MRT station, near Kota Damansara.

The Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) found the bodies of Mohamed Faruk Khan and Mohammad Alauddin Mollik at 1.35pm today.

"The two bodies were taken to the Sungai Buloh Hospital for post-mortem," Selangor FRD asst director of operations Mohd Sani Harul said when contacted by Bernama .

The body of another Bangladeshi worker, Mohammad Elahi Hossain, was found by the search team at 2.30am and was taken to the same hospital.

MRT Corp said that a span of the MRT guideway dislodged from its piers and fell on the workers at about 8.30pm.

It happened during the construction of the parapet for the guideway.

All work at that package of the project has been suspended pending investigations.

The subcontractor for the package is Syarikat Muhibbah Perniagaan dan Pembinaan Sdn Bhd.

Last June, MRT Corp suspended another subcontractor after a metal slab fell onto a passing car at the Pusat Damansara station construction site.

The car sustained extensive damage, but the driver escaped unhurt.

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