Sin Chew editor killed, six Malaysians among the missing in Lombok landslide (updated)


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 17 Mar 2019

JAKARTA: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's Lombok island has triggered a landslide, killing several people including a Malaysian. It is learnt that six other Malaysians are also missing.

The earthquake, which struck at 2.07pm local time on Sunday (March 17) caused a landslide that trapped about 40 tourists at the Tiu Kelep waterfall in Senaru Village, north of Lombok.

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