Monday 8 August 2011
Malaysia: 1 dead, 6 missing in landslide
| RUSH AGAINTS TIME... Rescuers searching for survivors of the landslide at Kampung Sungai Ruil in Tanah Rata, near Cameron Highlands, last night. |
Three houses were believed to have been buried in the 5.50pm incident.
At press time, the identity of the victim, believed to be a female, was still unknown.
She was rescued from the rubble at 6.30pm but died en route to Hospital Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom in Tanah Rata.
Two others — Bah Anjang Besar Alang, 39, and Serry Priary Saari, 15 — were injured in the landslide and rushed to the same hospital.
They were later transferred to Hospital Raja Tuanku Bainun in Ipoh.
Rescuers pulled out another survivor, a male, from the rubble at 11.30pm.
The six still missing have been identified as Jaafar, 49; Ali Hassan, 50; Mohd Irbal, 15; Sara Builing, 35; Noramah Builing, 51; and Yusnizan Yusoff, 22.
Read more: 1 dead, 6 missing in landslide http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/1dead_6missinginlandslide/Article/#ixzz1UOX4XCXl
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