Tanjung Bungah landslide: Last two bodies found

GEORGE TOWN: The last two bodies of the landslide at a construction site in Tanjung Bungah were located early Monday (Oct 23).

The bodies of Malaysian Yuan Kuok Wern and Bangladeshi Muhammad Monirul were found between 7am to 7.15am by search and rescue personnel.

Muhammad's body has been retrieved from the site while rescuers were working on bringing out Yuan's body from the rubble, said State Secretary Datuk Seri Farizan Darus.

Fourteen workers were at the site when tonnes of laterite earth came down from a cut slope about 10m high at about 8.30am on Saturday (Oct 21). However, 11 of them were trapped under the rubble when the landslide occurred.