Nurul Azmani first landslide victim to be buried


The death toll from the Batang Kali landslide is at 24 as of last night. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 18, 2022.

THE body of Nurul Azmani Kamarulzaman, one of the victims of the landslide tragedy at the Father’s Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya, Batang Kali, was buried at the Raudhatul Sakinah KL-Karak Muslim Cemetery in Taman Selasih, Kuala Lumpur,at 10pm yesterday.

The deceased’s mother, Siti Esah Hassan, 53, said the remains of Nurul, 31, were taken to the cemetery after funeral prayers at the Abu Hurairah Mosque in Kampung Batu 5, Jalan Ipoh.

According to Siti Esah, Nurul was the eldest of three siblings who worked as a canteen assistant at SJKC Mun Choong.

“She joined the camping trip because she was accompanying her employer who is also a teacher at the school, and had promised to return to the village after the trip.

“On Wednesday, a night before the incident, she had contacted me to say that she had bought a ticket to return home to Kelantan, which would have been for yesterday (Friday),” she said last night.

The deceased was one of the 24 victims who died in the landslide tragedy that occurred at 2.42am on Friday.

Nine victims are still missing, as of 9pm yesterday, while another 61 have been rescued. – Bernama, December 18, 2022.


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