KL sinkhole: Dr Zaliha slams PAS Youth member over ‘divine retribution’ remark

PUTRAJAYA: Dr Zaliha Mustafa has hit out at Machang PAS Youth member Mohd Sharif Mohd Azhari over his statement that the recent sinkhole incident on Jalan Masjid India was due to “divine retribution". The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) urged Sharif to base his arguments on facts. “A shallow argument only reflects shallow thinking. "Enough...

Sinkhole incident: SAR operation enters seventh day

KUALA LUMPUR: The operation to find the Indian woman who went missing in a sinkhole incident at Jalan Masjid India here last Friday (Aug 23) entered its seventh day on Thursday (Aug 29). At 9am, Bernama found that a search and rescue (SAR) operation team comprising the Royal Malaysian Police, Fire and Rescue Department, Kuala Lumpur...

KL sinkhole: SAR team employed various methods in search, including bottle test, says IGP

KUALA LUMPUR: The search and rescue operation (SAR) team looking for the Indian tourist who was swallowed up by a sinkhole along Jalan Masjid India here on Friday (Aug 23) have employed various methods, including testing by releasing a bottle from a manhole near the sinkhole on Tuesday (Aug 27). Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin...

Sinkhole incident: SAR continues on fifth day

KUALA LUMPUR: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for Indian national Vijayalaksmi, 48, who fell into an eight-meter-deep sinkhole in Jalan Masjid India, here, entered its fifth day on Tuesday (Aug 27). A Bernama survey at the site found authorities had gathered as early as 8am and were seen holding discussions and assigning tasks to carry...

KL sinkhole: Search at Pantai Dalam IWK continues

KUALA LUMPUR: The search and rescue (SAR) team for the Indian woman who fell into an eight-metre sinkhole in Jalan Masjid India, resumed today at the sewage plant in Pantai Dalam even though the previous search was fruitless. Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) in a statement on Monday (Aug 26) said that the ongoing inspection was...

KL night market at Lorong TAR closed for rescue operation

KUALA LUMPUR: The Saturday Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman night market in Kuala Lumpur is closed today (Aug 24) for a search and rescue operation, says Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). DBKL stated that the market would be closed to make way for the rescue mission for a woman who fell into a sinkhole at Jalan Masjid...