CHARLES HECTOR: Deepest condolence : 7 orang asli dead in landslide in Cameroh Highlands

Monday, August 08, 2011

Deepest condolence : 7 orang asli dead in landslide in Cameroh Highlands

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Seven people have died in the Cameron Highlands landslide, with two others surviving the incident.

A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the last victim was found at 1.21am Monday.

The two injured are being treated at the Ipoh General Hospital.

Earlier, it was reported that three women were confirmed to have died in the landslide which hit the Sungai Ruil Orang Asli settlement here Sunday.

Cameron Highlands Police chief DSP Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said that three others, two men and a woman, were seriously injured in the landslide which occurred at about 5.45pm during heavy rain.

He said that at least three others were feared to be still buried in the landslide.

Wan Mohd Zahari told reporters that the body of the first victim was recovered at about 6.15pm while two of the injured were pulled out of the mud 20 minutes later.

He said the body and the two injured were sent to the Hospital Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom in Tanah Rata.

Three houses were reported to have been buried in the landslide and two others slightly damaged.

Up to midnight Sunday, more than 100 policemen, firemen and civil defence department personnel were carrying out search and rescue operations with the help of the residents.

A spokesman of the operations room of the Brinchang district police said all the victims were from the settlement.

Residents living close to the landslide have been evacuated to the Brinchang multi-purpose hall.

The settlement near Tanah Rata have 145 houses for a population of 1,300 people. - Bernama >> Star, 8/8/2011, Cameron Highlands landslide: Seven dead

Tanah runtuh di kampung Orang Asli: 7 maut, 2 parah

by Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) on Monday, August 8, 2011 at 12:01pm

Pemandangan penempatan Orang Asli Sungai Ruil selepas tanah runtuh yang berlaku pada hari Ahad -Bernama-

CAMERON HIGHLANDS, 8 Ogos 2011 (Malaysiakini.com): Tujuh termasuk empat wanita maut, manakala dua parah dalam kejadian tanah runtuh di perkampungan Orang Asli Sungai Ruil di Brinchang, Cameron Highlands petang semalam.

Mereka yang terbunuh dikenali sebagai Normadiah Lasik, 69, Ali Hassan, 50, Jaafar, 49, Mohd Ikbal Jaafar, 15, Sara Gunung, 37, Norma Gunung, 51, dan Yusnizan Yusof, 22, manakala yang parah pula ialah Bah Anjang Besar a/l Anjang, 39, dan Serry Priary a/p Suri, 15 tahun.

"Segala operasi mencari dan menyelamat telah dihentikan pada 1.50 pagi. Bagaimanapun pihak polis meneruskan bagi menjalankan operasi kawalan di kawasan kejadian," kata Ketua Polis Cameron Highlands DSP Wan Zahari Wan Busu kepada pemberita.

Beliau berkata mangsa terakhir ditemui 1.20 pagi.

Semua mangsa yang maut dibawa ke Hospital Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom untuk bedah siasat manakala yang parah dibawa ke Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun di Ipoh untuk rawatan lanjut, katanya.

Wan Zahari berkata berkata kedua-dua mangsa yang cedera itu dilaporkan stabil.

"Sebanyak 248 anggota pelbagai agensi antaranya polis, Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat, pasukan SMART dan Rela terlibat dalam operasi di kawasan kejadian," katanya.

Beliau berkata semua 60 keluarga yang mendiami rumah di kawasan berisiko sudah dipindahkan ke Dewan Serba guna Brinchang di Cameron Highlands.

Dalam kejadian 5.45 petang itu, banjir lumpur dan tanah runtuh selepas hujan lebat sejak 5 petang, menimbus tiga rumah Projek Perumahan Rakyat Termiskin di perkampungan berbukit berkenaan.

Sementara itu, tinjauan Bernama di Dewan Serba guna Brinchang pada 4.30 pagi tadi mendapati proses pemindahan kesemua keluarga terbabit masih berjalan di bawah penyelenggaraan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) daerah Cameron Highlands.

Pemindahan kesemua keluarga itu, yang dibuat secara pukal, dibantu oleh pengangkutan pihak polis.

Jurucakap JKM memberitahu mereka akan tinggal di situ sementara menunggu pengesahan status kawasan kediaman mereka di Sungai Ruil selamat untuk diduduki semula.