Tanjung Bungah landslide: Eighth body found


The body was found not far from the seventh victim, who was a Bangladeshi named Md But Alam.

GEORGE TOWN: The search and rescue (SAR) team has discovered the body of an eighth victim buried under the laterite earth at a construction site in Tanjung Bungah.

Fire and Rescue Department assistant director-general (operation) Edwin Galan Teruki, who is the operation commander, said the SAR team saw the thigh of the eighth victim at about 3.27pm on Sunday.

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