Masjid India sinkhole: SAR continues for woman

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The search and rescue (SAR) operation continues for a woman who was swallowed by an eight-metre sinkhole at the pedestrian walkway along Jalan Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur on Friday (Aug 23).   Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman said rescuers will be using a crane to assist SAR efforts.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00For your information ladies and gentlemen, at 8.30am on the 23rd of August, 2024,

00:10our side, through the Pondok Polis Jalan Basik India,

00:16has received a report of an incident on the land in front of us,

00:22which happened behind you all, as you can see.

00:27So, we have moved our team to the scene of the incident,

00:34and have seen what happened next.

00:38And the police have made a few inquiries,

00:43based on the explanation from the eyewitnesses at the scene,

00:48indicating that there was a victim, we believe, who was buried beneath the land.

00:57The victim, we believe, based on the eyewitnesses, was a woman.

01:05I cannot give you the details now, since we are still in the process of investigating.

01:11So, at the location, as you have seen,

01:14we have received cooperation from the Pondok Polis Jalan Basik India,

01:18from DBKL, and from the Public Protection Agency,

01:24to assist in the rescue operations at the location of the incident.

01:31So, the victim has not yet been found,

01:35and we will continue the rescue operations until the victim is found.

01:43That's all for now.

01:44If I can read the assistance that I have received,

01:48from the police, there are 35 people.

01:50DBKL has 14 people, this is the information that I have received.

01:53Assistance from me, PDRM, a total of 32 people.

01:57J-PAM has 5 people, and there is an ambulance,

02:00and the HKL has 4 people.

02:02So, this is an update on the incident at Tanah Mendap,

02:05at Jalan Masjid India.

02:08Once we meet, God willing, we will update on the victim, and so on.

02:13For more detailed actions, I cannot comment.

02:20The authorities can comment if there are questions from that angle.

02:25Sir, in terms of the chronology, how did the incident happen until the victim was found?

02:31I was understood that the victim was walking,

02:39towards my house, and then I was told that the victim was sitting on a rock.

02:50So, I was informed that the victim was at Mendap.

02:54But we will also look at the CCTV footage,

03:00and we will also look at the details from the CCTV footage at the scene.

03:07Sir, if I may ask, what is the depth of the incident at Mendap?

03:118 meters.

03:12Before this, the victim was 8 meters deep.

03:16The area involved is 3 x 5 meters,

03:20but the depth is estimated to be 8 meters.

03:23Sir, are the search and rescue operations stopped?

03:28We have done a manual search,

03:34but we were unable to find the victim, and we need help from the missionary.

03:39Now, we are waiting for an excavator from DBKL,

03:42and we expect that in the near future,

03:45we will continue to carry out a wider search.

03:48Sir, at the moment, is the water or the landslide that hit the victim at this time?

03:57Okay, we cannot confirm this yet.

04:00Sir, may I ask, is the area safe?

04:04What do you think you are doing?

04:07We are still discussing with the relevant agencies.

04:13Once there is an update, if we feel that the area is not safe,

04:18we will update the media.

04:20So far, the rescue operations are still underway,

04:24because of course we want to save the victim who is below.

04:27However, we are still waiting for the machinery involved to carry out the rescue operations.

04:35At the same time, we also need to consider the lives of the bombers

04:40or anyone else involved in the rescue operations.

04:44Sir, is this area closed to the visitors?

04:48So far, we have not decided to close it.

04:52So far, we feel that God willing, it is still safe.

04:54After we discuss and do some necessary analysis,

04:58we feel that it is necessary to close it and we will update the media.

05:01That means if there is a landslide, right?

05:03Yes, this is a risk that we expect will be dynamic.

05:07So for the time being, the area that we call down is enough for us to carry out the operation.

05:11Sir, so far, the victim's condition is believed?

05:14I can't comment.

05:16We are still doing the rescue operations.

05:19Sir, so far, the water has reached the ground, right?

05:24I can't comment.

05:27Thank you, sir.

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