Nine rescued after landslide in Penang

GEORGE TOWN: Nine people were trapped in a temple and in a car due to a landslide in Air Itam here.

The landslide – which happened at about 6.28pm – took place on the route towards the Air Itam dam near a Buddhist temple.

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