A Singaporean motorcyclist who died in a crash in Malaysia was returning to Singapore as he had been scheduled to work that day — not because he was called back to cover a shift at the last minute, his manager said.
Joash Fung Han Ren (transliteration), 31, was on his way back from a holiday in Malaysia when his motorcycle was struck by two vehicles along Malaysia’s North–South Expressway at about 3am on April 20.
The accident occurred at the 25.1km mark of the southbound stretch near Kulai, Johor.
Preliminary investigations by Malaysian police found that Fung lost control of his motorcycle after it skidded. He was subsequently hit by two cars and died from his injuries at the scene.
Manager refutes earlier claim
It was previously reported that Fung’s father had said his son was informed that the company needed someone to cover a shift while he was on a motorcycle trip to Kuala Lumpur with eight friends.
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Fung, a sales executive at a car dealership who also worked part-time as an insurance agent, had then left the group and returned to Singapore alone.
