11 FAMILIES VACATE HOUSES NEAR COLLAPSED BUILDING SITE

PETALING JAYA (Malaysia), June 1 (Bernama) -- Eleven of 12 families living
in double-storey houses along Jalan 14/15 behind the collapsed Jaya Supermarket
building here have moved out as instructed for fear over the unsteady building
structure still standing.

Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed said the 11 families
had been put up at two nearby hotels.

"One family has refused to move as per the instruction given yesterday," he
said when contacted.

He said the families would remain at their temporary accommodation until a
report had been completed on the safety of the building structure still
standing.

Arjunaidi said several policemen and personnel from the Petaling Jaya City
Council (MBPJ) had been deployed at Jalan 14/15 to prevent any break-in at the
vacated houses.

A check by Bernama found that the area had been cordoned off with security
tape and was guarded by several policemen and MBPJ personnel. Residents entering
the area had to obtain a pass at the MBPJ kiosk there.

It is learnt that the evacuated families had been put up at the Armada Hotel
and the Crown Plaza Hotel, with the cost borne fully by the developer and
contractor.

Meanwhile, Counsellor (Information and Public Relations) Widyarka Ryananta
of the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said a post-mortem would be conducted
Monday on the bodies of the seven Indonesian workers recovered from the site
of the collapsed building.

He said he was informed of the matter by the Universiti Malaya Medical
Centre (UMMC). A UMMC spokesman confirmed this.

Three of the seven bodies have been identified as those of Muhd Maskur, 31,
Anwaruddin, 38, and Hadi, 30, from documents found on them as well as with the
help of relatives and friends, Widyarka said.



"DNA tests will be conducted on the body parts recovered from the site and
all the bodies will be sent back to Indonesia after the police had completed
their reports," he told Bernama when contacted.

Widyarka said a number of the dead workers were from East Java and that
their families had been informed.

He said the Indonesian ambassador would have a discussion tomorrow with the
developer and contractor at the Indonesian Embassy.

Five floors of the Jaya Supermarket building collapsed during demolition
work on Thursday on the 35-year-old structure which is to be replaced with a new
complex.

-- BERNAMA