The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) will meet with Perodua and conduct assessments of its new Axia models, said Miros chairperson Wong Shaw Voon.

This followed the recent revelation by Toyota Motor Corp and its affiliate Daihatsu that the latter had rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests carried out for some 88,000 small cars, including some 11,800 Perodua Axia that were sold in Malaysia.

Wong told Malaysiakini that...