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Batang Kali landslide: SAR ops suspended due to heavy rain — Police

22 Dec 2022, 10:15 AM
Batang Kali landslide: SAR ops suspended due to heavy rain — Police

BATANG KALI, Dec 22 — The search-and-rescue (SAR) operations for the remaining three victims of the landslide at the Fathers’ Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya here have 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 posts (PKTK).

At 3.25pm, the rain was still pouring and the tracking dogs from the K9 unit were spotted to have been brought out of the search area.

The landslide tragedy that struck at 2.42 am on Friday (December 16), has so far claimed 30 lives.

Of the 94 people involved, 61 were rescued and three others still missing.

— Bernama

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