KLUANG, Aug 30 — The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has appointed a private firm to salvage KD Pendekar that sank off Tanjung Penyusup, Kota Tinggi, on Sunday.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said RMN has conducted initial work, including identifying and ensuring equipment on the ship is in good condition, but will leave the refloating and salvage to the private company.
“The post-mortem has yet to be completed and is expected to take a month, and we don’t know anything about the death (of the diver) as we have yet to receive the full report.
“We expect the full report on the KD Pendekar leak to take a month,” he said at a media conference after attending the launch of the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) Foundation and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris’ e-Perkasa Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) programme, and the handover of laptops to children of armed forces personnel at Mahkota Kluang Camp here today.
He said 969 children of armed forces personnel living outside military camps, who are sitting the SPM nationwide, will benefit from the programme.
The online programme will allow all students to access learning at any time.
“The programme involves five subjects and comes with a laptop, thanks to the LTAT foundation.
“Children of armed forces personnel who graduated but have yet to secure jobs can undergo industrial training with an allowance of RM2,000, for a year,” Khaled added.
— Bernama
