Landslide hit longhouse residents asked to move
SIBU: Rumah Panjang Brawang residents in Nanga Tada Resettlement Scheme have been ordered to move following the landslide that affected the longhouse on Feb 4 this year. Ngemah Assemblyman Anyi Jana said the State Divisional Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Sibu had conducted a survey of the location of the longhouse last Feb 7. “As a […]
Landslide: SAR ops for 3 remaining victims halted due to heavy rain
BATANG KALI: The search and rescue (SAR) operations for the remaining three victims of the landslide at the Fathers’ Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya here has been temporarily suspended. Speaking to Bernama, Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Suffian Abdullah said the SAR operations were stopped at 2.30pm following heavy rain at the control […]
Batang Kali landslide: 4 bodies found rolled up in a tent
BATANG KALI: The bodies of four more victims of the landslide tragedy at the Father’s Organic Farm campsite, Gohtong Jaya, were found rolled up in a tent at 11.04am today. Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Suffian Abdullah said the four bodies were of a man, a woman, a boy and a girl. “The bodies […]
Another body of Batang Kali landslide victim found; death toll rises to 26
BATANG KALI: Another body was found at the landslide site at the Father’s Organic Farm here today, bringing the death toll to 26. Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM), in a statement today, said the body of a man was found at 11.16am in Sector B (Farmview camp) of the area. The vehicle carrying the body […]
Batang Kali landslide: Body of 25th victim found
KUALA LUMPUR: The Search and Rescue (SAR) team found another body at the Father’s Organic Farm, Gohtong Jaya near Batang Kali, the site of a tragic landslide, at 11.15pm before the fifth day SAR operation was called off at 12 midnight yesterday. The body was that of a girl, aged between five and seven, raising […]
3 Batang Kali SAR personnel taken ill or injured
BATANG KALI: Three personnel involved in the search and rescue (SAR) operations for the Batang Kali landslide victims were either taken ill or injured yesterday but their condition was stable, police said today. Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Suffian Abdullah said they were Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Datuk Norazam Khamis, a fireman […]
Landslide: Queen wants all parties to be patient as SAR teams doing their best
BATANG KALI: Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah has advised all parties, especially the victims’ families to continue to be patient as all search and rescue (SAR) personnel are doing their utmost best to look for the remaining nine missing victims. Accompanied by her daughter Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Afzan Aminah […]
Witness hears loud noise before camp site buried by landslide
BATANG KALI: “I heard a loud noise like the sound of thunder before seeing the campsite at Zone A buried under piles of earth,” said a witness of the landslide which buried a campsite at the Father’s Organic Farm, Gohtong Jaya, here early today. Teh Lynn Xuan, 22, said it happened at about 2am as she […]
Batang Kali landslide: 20 teachers of SJKC Mun Choong at camp site
BATANG KALI: About 20 teachers from Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Mun Choong, as well as their family members, were among those at the camp site at the Father’s Organic Farm, Gohtong Jaya, which was hit by a landslide early today. This was confirmed by the president of the Parents and Teachers Association (PIBG) of the […]
Landslide victims get cash aid
BAU: Three heads of households (KIR) who were affected by landslides in the Tasik Biru constituency have received a one-off financial assistance of RM1,000 each. According to the Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS) on Sunday (Jan 23), the assistance provided under the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) was channelled through the Bau District Disaster Management […]
