LANDSLIDE TRAGEDY IN MALAYSIA: KILLING 7, INJURED 2

CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Malaysia - Seven people have died in Malaysian’s Cameron Highlands landslide, with two others surviving the incident. A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the last victim was found at 1.21am Monday. The two injured are being treated at the Ipoh General Hospital.
Earlier, it was reported that three women were confirmed to have died in the landslide which hit the Sungai Ruil Orang Asli settlement here Sunday.
Cameron Highlands Police chief DSP Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said that three others, two men and a woman, were seriously injured in the landslide which occurred at about 5.45pm during heavy rain. He said that at least three others were feared to be still buried in the landslide.

• Wan Mohd Zahari told reporters that the body of the first victim was recovered at about 6.15pm while two of the injured were pulled out of the mud 20 minutes later. He said the body and the two injured were sent to the Hospital Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom in Tanah Rata.
• Three houses were reported to have been buried in the landslide and two others slightly damaged.
• Up to midnight Sunday, more than 100 policemen, firemen and civil defence department personnel were carrying out search and rescue operations with the help of the residents.
• A spokesman of the operations room of the Brinchang district police said all the victims were from the settlement. Residents living close to the landslide have been evacuated to the Brinchang multi-purpose hall.

The settlement near Tanah Rata have 145 houses for a population of 1,300 people.

Source: BERNAMA