SNAPSHOT | Shah Alam PKR leaders quit; 3 killed in incident at Petronas vessel

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• UPDATED 12PM | Added more information on the Petronas boat incident.

Politics

• A group of 21 Shah Alam PKR members have quit the party, citing a loss of confidence in the party leadership - especially president Anwar Ibrahim.

  They also accused division chief Najwan Halimi of making unspecified unilateral decisions without consulting the elected committee members.

  

  The list of those who resigned indicates they were mostly second-level leaders, with the most senior being the deputy women’s chief.

Disaster

• Petronas said there was an incident at its floating storage and offloading vessel near Sepat, off the coast of Terengganu, that killed three contractors and injured another.

  It said the incident occurred at 12.50pm yesterday. It did not specify what the incident was.

  Police later said that the workers were being lowered from the platform on a lifeboat for maintenance work when a rope or hook used to secure the vessel detached, causing the four and the boat to fall into the sea.

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