Batang Kali landslide: Army oversees systematic deployment of SAR assets


Photo: Malaysian Armed Forces West Field Command headquarters / Facebook

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Armed Forces has mobilised personnel and assets to assist in search and rescue (SAR) operations for the victims of the landslide at the Father's Organic Farm campsite in Batang Kali, Selangor.

The Defence Ministry, in a post on its official Facebook page Saturday (Dec 17), said that there ws a rotation where an officer and 30 personnel from the 25th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment (25 RAMD) are mobilised every six hours to the scene to assist in SAR operations.

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