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.
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Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman said rescuers will be using a crane to assist SAR efforts.
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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.