Ringlet dam disaster: Victims lose clothes, homes in Cameron Highlands


Mud, mud everywhere: Residents throwing out mattresses and furniture that were destroyed by the deluge from the dam.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: It was a sight vegetable farmer Tho Swee will never forget – his neighbour running in vain from the waters before succumbing to a heart attack.

Tho said he saw Tam Tuck Choi, 51, scrambling in the flood waters but could not do anything to help.

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