The defence minister should intervene and make sure the
family gets adequate compensation.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
should intervene and make sure the family of A Tamilarasi – the National
Service trainee who passed away during her training – get adequate
compensation.
Batu Gajah MP, Fong Po Kuan, and Teluk Intan MP, M Manogaran, said that Zahid should take
responsibility and based on compassionate grounds, compensation should be paid
to Tamilarasi’s family.
“This family has allowed their daughter to participate after
she was selected… her passing is a source of great grief to her family… the
minister has to consider giving adequate compensation,” Fong told reporters in
Parliament today.
Nineteen-year-old old Tamilarasi slipped into a coma after
contracting viral fever and passed away a year later in April. She was the only
child in her family.
On June 13, National Service director-general Abdul Hadi
Awang Kechil said that the family will not be entitled for compensation as the
group insurance only covered trainees who died while undergoing training.
He said Tamilarasi’s family received help while she was
hospitalised.
He added that compensation can only be paid within seven
days of an incident and since Tamilarasi’s death occurred a year after the
infection, the insurance would not cover the case.
“Abdul Hadi’s explanation cannot be accepted and it does not
inspire the confidence of parents to send their children for National Service,”
Fong said.
Tamilarasi’s mother A Krishnamary has said that the family
is entitled to compensation as her daughter fell ill during training and never
recovered after that.
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