KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — The police are currently investigating the cable theft that is suspected of causing the MRT Putrajaya‘s rail service disruption since this morning.
Brickfields district police chief Assistant Commissioner Hoo Chang Hook this afternoon confirmed that the Brickfields police station had received a police report regarding a suspected trespass of MRT line.
He said the police report was made by the MRT Putrajaya line’s Sungai Besi station’s auxiliary police today at 12.41pm, regarding the incident where the MRT portal fence at Taman Desa was found to be breached and believed to have been cut and trespassed at 6.30am this morning.
He said the auxiliary police had found cables belonging to MRT being piled near the Pier 0373 pillar.
“All the cables that were found have been brought to the Serdang Depot by the Signaling and Communication (S&C) for the company’s reference and to measure the length of the cable to identify the total amount of cables stolen,” he said in a brief statement.
“The case is still under the police’s investigation,” he added.
There is no MRT station at Taman Desa, but it is near the MRT Kuchai station along the MRT Putrajaya line.
At the time of writing, rail operator Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd has yet to announce when the MRT Putrajaya services would return to normal.
The first alert of the MRT Putrajaya line service disruption was posted on Rapid KL’s Facebook page at 6.21am today.
Earlier this afternoon, Rapid Rail said the disruption is suspected to be due to cable theft near Kuchai Station, where piles of cables that have been cut were also found near the station’s area.
Rapid Rail had this afternoon said MRT Putrajaya is still experiencing signalling systems disruption, with trains to be operated manually for safety reasons with longer stops at each station and with expected train frequency between 20 to 30 minutes for now.
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