Man buried in landslide while answering call of nature


PETALING JAYA: A man was buried alive in a toilet after a landslide engulfed and crushed a furniture shop where he worked.

The 43-year-old man from Bangladesh was buried when loose soil covered 60% of the furniture shop at Jalan Kampung Melayu Subang in the 10.45am incident Saturday.

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