LRT tragedy: MOT's 'blame the driver' approach draws flak

The Transport Ministry's current approach of blaming the driver for the tragic accident involving two LRT trains on Monday has courted flak.

One of them is Ridza Abdoh Salleh, a former CEO of Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, who said stalled or "timed-out" trains had to be driven manually, but only on the instructions of the command centre.

The command centre would then pause automated train operations to...