Penang building collapse: Three dead, two seriously injured, four believed still trapped, say police


Rescue workers at the scene of the building collapse late Tuesday night. - Photo: Bernama

GEORGE TOWN: Rescuers are still searching for four missing workers believed to be pinned under the rubble where a building under construction had collapsed at about 9.45pm on Tuesday (Nov 28).

Penang deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad said so far rescuers have found five of them.

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