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IT’S ONE YEAR TO THE INCIDENT!
On 13 June, 2013, the lightning arrestor fell onto the road from the top of the Umno building on June 13. Lim Chin Aik, 44, was in his car. His body has never been found. It is believed that he is buried in the crater created by the lightning arrestor.
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“大風一刮，我就想起避雷針架構壓到死者林振益的車輛，直插入地的情景，想起都心寒。”
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INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF LIM CHIN AIK
The coroner’s court has ruled that Lim Chin Aik died of misadventure, and directed that a death certificate for Lim Chin Aik be issued to the family.
Malaysiakini
The Coroner’s Court today ruled that hawker Lim Chin Aik, who was believed to have died after his car was impaled by Menara Umno’s lightning arrestor along Jalan Macalister, had died of a “misadventure”.
When delivering his decision, Coroner Khairul Anuar Abdul Halim said the deceased, identified as Chin Aik, had died between 6.45 and 6.50pm on June 13 from a misadventure as a result from the falling structure.
Khairul Anuar added that Lim’s death certificate will be issued by the relevant body to his family.
“It is an unprecedented case, as there is no body to refer to, and there were no precedence (previous case).
“However, the court is satisfied with the evidence presented that the identity of the driver of the wreckage that was pulled out (from the debris), is Chin Aik,” he added.
“It is in all probability that it is Chin Aik, as evidence showed that he drove the same car and took the same route to pick up his daughter from school on Gottlieb road on other days,” he stressed.
Coroner: Menara Umno victim died of misadventure
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The inquest would enable a death certificate to be issued by the Registration Department, apart from facilitating insurance claims by the victim’s family.
Lim, 44, was feared to have been buried under the collapsed arrester on June 13, after a search-and-rescue team found pieces of his car at the site two days after the incident.
Rescue personnel trying to retrieve Lim’s car soon after the incident in Jalan Macalister
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Malaysiakini
A witness in the inquest into the death of hawker Lim Chin Aik recounted how he saw a huge lightning arrester from Menara Umno in Penang crash onto a passing grey vehicle.
Khor Hun Hin, a durian seller along Jalan Macalister where the June incident took place, said he saw “with my own eyes” how the concrete beam fell from the top of the building onto the car.
Khor’s durian stall is about 10m from the accident scene.
“Fifteen minutes after the incident, I told a policeman who was at the site that a car was buried beneath the crater when the incident occurred,” said Khor.
“However, the police ignored me.”
Police turned deaf ear to car buried under beam plea
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The Sundaily
Mom makes emotional plea for son’s death certificate
GEORGE TOWN (Sept 3, 2013): The mother of economy rice seller Lim Chin Aik who is believed to buried under tonnes of rubble after a lightning arrester fell onto his car, today appealed to the Coroner’s Court to expedite issuing a death certificate for her son.
Ang Kim Looi, 70, said she hope the death certificate can be issued soon for the family to do the necessary financial and related arrangements.
“I applied for his birth certificate when I gave birth to him, and now what I want is for help to get his death certificate,” she told the inquest presided by Coroner Khairul Anuar Abd Halim.
Under questioning, Ang said she was very sure that her son was involved in the June 13 incident whereby the 30m structure collapsed unto Jalan Macalister here about 6.30pm during a freak wind and rainstorm.
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“I can identify the door, the tyre rim and a piece of metal containing some numbers,” she said adding that she never saw Lim nor received information if he was alive since the day of the incident.
Mom makes emotional plea for son’s death certificate
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Star
Tuesday September 3, 2013 MYT 7:23:26 AM
Storm victim’s wife breaks down
Lee, together with other family members, talking to Gobind Singh during the first day of the inquest at the Penang Sessions court.
GEORGE TOWN: The wife of economy rice seller Lim Chin Aik, 44, who is presumed dead after a concrete lightning arrestor fell on his car during a freak storm, broke down during an inquest to certify his death.
Lee Chai Song, 48, could not hold back her tears when she recalled that her daughter Lim Hui Jiun, 13, was sent home from school by a teacher, instead of her husband, on June 13 at about 9.30pm.
Storm victim’s wife breaks down
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The Sundaily
Lightning arrester collapse inquest commences today
GEORGE TOWN (Sept 2, 2013): The five-day inquest to verify the death of hawker Lim Chin Aik, who was believed to have been buried at the site of a fallen lighting arrester here, commenced today at the Coroners Court.
The first witness, Lim’s wife Lee Chai Song, 48, told the court that her husband had informed her that he was taking the Honda City car to pick up their youngest daughter as it looked like it might rain.
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Khairul Anuar was assisted by deputy public prosecutor Suhaimi Ibrahim, while lawyer Gobind Singh Deo represented the victim’s family and lawyers Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor and Norliza Ali appeared for the owner of Menara UMNO building JKP Sdn Bhd. – Bernama
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