Residents fill up bauxite mining pool with earth

KUANTAN, 6 Feb -- Kerja menimbus lombong bekas bauksit berhampiran Taman Sungai Karang yang meragut nyawa tiga kanak-kanak giat dijalankan ketika tinjauan fotoBernama hari ini. Kejadian 5 petang Sabtu lalu Salsabila Zuhairi,12 dan adiknya Mahathir Mohamad, tujuh, bersama rakan Nureen Ain Juwita Mohd Sharif,10, ditemui lemas di dalam kolam berkenaan.--fotoBERNAMA (2017) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUANTAN: Residents in Taman Sungai Karang Jaya took matters into their own hands by filling up a mining pool with earth after three children died of drowning in a former bauxite mining area.

People watched as an excavator was used to dig a drain to channel out the water which flowed into a monsoon drain located near a row of houses.