Tragedy and grief: The victim’s wife (left) being consoled by their son Chia Yiang at the scene of the accident in Jalan Macalister, Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: It was a heart-wrenching scene in Jalan Macalister, the worst-hit area of Thursday’s freak storm, when a woman cried out for her husband believed to be buried some 5m in the ground.
Lee Chai Song, 48, wailed and called out to her husband Lim Chin Aik, 44, in Hokkien “to come out and don’t hide anymore” at the scene.
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