Gardener heard thunderous sound before hillside wall collapsed


GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): A gardener claimed he heard a thunderous sound before he saw a retaining wall on a hillside near a resort in Tanjung Bungah here collapse last night.

North East district police chief ACP Che Zaimani Che Awang said the gardener, Zulkefli Tinggal, 61, told police that the wall was being constructed by a Myanmar worker known only as Ong, and three of his compatriots.

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