Abaya: Recent MRT glitches may have been caused by ‘sabotage’

Even if what he’s saying is true, perhaps, only a few people would take his word for it.

“Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Jun Abaya said the government is looking at all the possible factors that could have caused the most glitches at the Metro Rail Transit (MRT), including sabotage,” reports ABS-CBN News.

Abaya is referring to MRT breakdown that happened last Fri, Jan 8, as the old signaling system acted up on the first day Busan Transport Corporation took over as the new MRT-3 maintenance provider.

Abaya remarked, “It’s quite a rare occurrence for it to drag long. So eventually it seemed like there were some tweaking of the settings on the modem that it uses because basically it’s a communication system.”

He added, “Likewise MRT general manager Roman Buenafe is looking at the angle of sabotage. So we’re looking at all possibilities. But again, it was also a significant date because it was when Busan was coming in. I don’t know if somebody is trying to send a message.”




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