8th landslide victim found, 2 still missing


Looi Sue-Chern

Search-and-rescue officers removing the eight body at the Paya Terubong landslide area earlier today. The eighth victim was found around noon. – Bomba pic, October 22, 2018.

SEARCH-AND-RESCUE officers found the eighth victim buried in the Paya Terubong landslide in Penang around noon today, leaving the number of workers unaccounted for to two.

The body is believed to be that of an Indonesian worker known as Subaeri.

Shortly after the landslide last Friday, rescuers found two bodies and on Saturday, another two bodies were recovered. Yesterday, three bodies were found.

A total of four workers escaped with injuries. All the victims are foreign nationals. – October 22, 2018.


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