Sinkhole incident: SAR team's early morning dive hits another dead end


KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department's (JBPM) attempt to locate the missing Indian national who fell into the sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India by exploring a nearby sewer channel has once again ended in failure.

A check by Bernama saw two scuba divers from the JBPM Northern Region Academy began descending into the sewer channel at 4am to reach a suspected backlog area approximately 44 metres from the incident site.

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