Tragic accident: Chiam’s friends Cheong Yoke Sim (left) and Henry Leow showing where Chiam diedafter a concrete wall fell on him during demolition work at a house in Taman Sri Rambai in Bukit Mertajam. (Inset) Firefighters retrieving Chiam’s body beneath the pile of crumbled concrete wall.
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A man was killed while his co-worker escaped with injuries after a concrete wall of a house that was being renovated collapsed on them.
Penang fire operation and safety officer Nafis Ariff Abdullah said the victim, identified as Chiam Meng Kuang, 65, died at the scene.
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