In the early hours of Friday (16 Dec), a landslide in Genting Highlands resulted in countless injuries and deaths.
As of the same afternoon, the death toll from the incident rose to 16. Another 17 remain missing at the time of this article.
Source: @bernamaradio on Twitter
Malaysian health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa also shared that a pregnant lady was among those injured as a result of the disaster.
In an update at about 1pm today (16 Dec), Malaysia’s Ministry of Local Government Development provided a breakdown of the 94 victims involved in the incident:
Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported that the deceased were Malaysians and include a 5-year-old child.
Rescue operations are still underway.
Source: @kpkt_gov on Twitter
This update came just hours after a press conference by Dr Zaliha, in which she shared that the death toll stood at 13.
Dr Zaliha also shared that while some of the casualties’ bodies have been transported to a hospital, the others remain at the scene of the incident.
Citing Dr Zaliha, Buletin TV3 reported that there are seven injured victims currently receiving treatment in the hospital.
Among the seven injured victims was a pregnant lady. Thankfully, she’s in stable condition and there doesn’t appear to be any complication to her pregnancy, reports Astro Awani.
This is developing news. We’ll update the article once more information is available.
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Featured image adapted from @kpkt_gov on Twitter.
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