Ampang landslide: Loud siren warning alerts residents to flee


KUALA LUMPUR: A loud siren warning alerted residents at Taman Bukit Permai 2, Ampang here to flee their homes to a safer place during a landslide incident that occurred in the area at 5pm Thursday (March 10).

A private sector employee, Natasha Alya Saifudin, 26, who has been living in the area for 20 years said she still could not believe what had happened, adding that yesterday’s incident was the first time a landslide had occurred.

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