Well-digger dies after being buried alive in Pasir Mas well


Fire and Rescue Department personnel working to retrieve the body of the man who was buried alive while diggin a well in Pasir Mas. - Photo courtesy of Sinar Harian

KOTA BARU: A well-digger was killed after being buried alive while lowering a cement ring into a newly dug well at the Kampung Gelam Mosque, Tok Uban, in Pasir Mas on Monday (April 16).

Pasir Mas Fire and Rescue station operations commander Adnan Mat Juri said the deceased was identified as Mohamad Khairul Jeffry Maarof, aged 23.

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