Kaiju memes flood social media as sinkhole appears in Melaka

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A large sinkhole appeared at Jalan Syed Abdul Aziz in Taman Melaka Raya on Wednesday (Oct 2), causing traffic disruption and memes to surface on social media.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2artc7m5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A large sinkhole has appeared at Jalan Syed Abdul Aziz in Taman Malacca, Raya, causing

00:07traffic disruption and memes to surface on social media.

00:11Various local WhatsApp groups blamed the sinkhole, which appeared on Wednesday on the fictional

00:17Japanese monster Godzilla.

00:19Malacca Public Works Department Director Mohamed Salzeli Mokhtar said the sinkhole, which measures

00:253.5 metres long and 1.7 metres deep, was caused by a damaged culvert nearby and not

00:31by ground subsidence.

00:33He explained that the culvert failure occurred due to the over 40-year-old federal road being

00:39used by vehicles with excessive loads.

00:55He added that they would urgently request funding from JKR headquarters to facilitate

01:17permanent repair work, assuring that steps are being taken to address the situation effectively.

01:23It was reported that two motorcyclists sustained minor injuries when they swerved their vehicles

01:27to avoid the sinkhole and hit the roadside rail.

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