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34707
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 18:38
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LANDSLIDE SAR OPS RESUMES TO FIND MISSING SRI LANKAN MAID
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (Bernama) -- The search-and-rescue (SAR) operation called off Sunday evening was resumed Monday night at the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide area in Hulu Klang near here to find a missing Sri Lankan maid of veterinary doctor N. Yogeswari who was killed in the tragedy.
Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the operation was resumed at
9.30pm, three hours after it was called off, after an acquaintance of Dr
Yogeswari lodged a missing persons report at 8.30pm.
He said the SAR operation was confined to the bungalow at No. 1, Jalan
Bukit
Mewah where the body of Dr Yogeswari was recovered on Saturday, the day of the
landslide which occurred at about 4am, killing four people and destroying or
damaging 14 bungalows in Taman Bukit Mewah and Taman Bukit Utama.
Khalid told reporters at the scene the SAR operation had gone on overnight
but with extreme caution as there had been earth movements owing to the heavy
rain since early morning Monday.
Meanwhile, about 500 residents of Bukit Antarabangsa are still trapped in
their homes as the main access road to the housing estates there remains cut off
owing to the landslide, and work to build an alternative route is slowed down by
the inclement weather.
"We have been working all night to build the alternative route. The work
has been slowed down by the rain," said Khalid.
He also asked the media to avoid interviewing the affected residents on
the situation in the landslide area as there could be conflicting reports.
The media should report to the security authorities if they came across
trapped people who had been overlooked so that immediate action could be taken
to assist them, he said.
Despite the disaster and the rain this morning, Muslim residents in the
area attended Aidil Adha prayers at the Addinniah surau located about 500 metres
from the landslide area. Muslims among the people trapped in their homes owing
to the cut-off access road attended prayers at the Al-Hidayah Mosque.
The four people who died in the landslide are Dr Yogeswari, 40, accountant
Eng Yee Peng, 30, Shaiful Khas Shahrudin, 20, and Indonesian national Surinah,
30s.
Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the operation was resumed at
9.30pm, three hours after it was called off, after an acquaintance of Dr
Yogeswari lodged a missing persons report at 8.30pm.
He said the SAR operation was confined to the bungalow at No. 1, Jalan
Bukit
Mewah where the body of Dr Yogeswari was recovered on Saturday, the day of the
landslide which occurred at about 4am, killing four people and destroying or
damaging 14 bungalows in Taman Bukit Mewah and Taman Bukit Utama.
Khalid told reporters at the scene the SAR operation had gone on overnight
but with extreme caution as there had been earth movements owing to the heavy
rain since early morning Monday.
Meanwhile, about 500 residents of Bukit Antarabangsa are still trapped in
their homes as the main access road to the housing estates there remains cut off
owing to the landslide, and work to build an alternative route is slowed down by
the inclement weather.
"We have been working all night to build the alternative route. The work
has been slowed down by the rain," said Khalid.
He also asked the media to avoid interviewing the affected residents on
the situation in the landslide area as there could be conflicting reports.
The media should report to the security authorities if they came across
trapped people who had been overlooked so that immediate action could be taken
to assist them, he said.
Despite the disaster and the rain this morning, Muslim residents in the
area attended Aidil Adha prayers at the Addinniah surau located about 500 metres
from the landslide area. Muslims among the people trapped in their homes owing
to the cut-off access road attended prayers at the Al-Hidayah Mosque.
The four people who died in the landslide are Dr Yogeswari, 40, accountant
Eng Yee Peng, 30, Shaiful Khas Shahrudin, 20, and Indonesian national Surinah,
30s.
