Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung said that he was informed of the distressing news last night, and expressed his deep condolences to the deceased’s loved ones.
He said that he understands that there are many questions from the public about the incident, but stresses that investigations are still ongoing and as such, the information that can be revealed are very limited at the moment.
“I know the public have questions. SMRT is working closely with the police in investigations, so there is a limit to what can be said publicly.”
He also added that some safety feaetures at the MRT stations have been added, because there were occasional incidents of people going onto the tracks from the platforms of the MRT stations.
Ong also revealed that SMRT is providing support to the station manager as well as the train captain who were the first responders handling the emergency, they handled it well despite being shaken by what happened.
More information will be released by SMRT when they are made available.
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