Landslide SAR operations suspended, to resume Tuesday morning - police

20 Dec 2022 • 8:29 AM MYT
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Hulu Selangor District Police chief, Supt Suffian Abdullah stated that the search operation will be temporarily suspended due to the rainy weather and will resume on Tuesday at 8am - BERNAMA

Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Suffian Abdullah said operations will resume at 8.30 am Tuesday.

"The SAR operation tonight has been suspended at 11 pm and will resume at 8.30 am tomorrow depending on weather conditions,” he told Bernama.

The SAR operation, spearheaded by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department, managed to rescue 61 victims out of a total of 94 victims of the landslide that hit in the wee hours of Friday (Dec 16). The landslide resulted in 24 deaths, with nine still missing.

Meanwhile, checks by Bernama at the incident area control post here at midnight revealed that media practitioners and rescue personnel were making their way home in stages.

Weather conditions at the post was good, with temperatures reaching 19 Celcius. - BERNAMA

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