KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat yesterday extended its sympathies and condolences to the families of pupils involved in the collapse of a suspension bridge over the Kampar River in Perak Monday night.Deputy Speaker Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, who presided over yesterday’s sitting, also recorded the house’s condolences to the family of Indonesian domestic maid Mantik Hani, 36, who died Monday after alleged physical abuse by her employer in Taman Sentosa, Klang.

Earlier, Ahmad Kasim (PKR-Kuala Kedah) had proposed that the house offer a recital of the “Al-Fatihah” verse and observe a moment’s silence with regard to the bridge tragedy.

One pupil, Dina Deve a/p Nathan, drowned and two others are missing after the bridge collapsed while pupils who were to start a unity camp yesterday were crossing it at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Dipang near Ipoh. — Bernama