Firemen recover Penampang landslide victim's body


KOTA KINABALU: The body of the 97-year-old man buried in a landslide that hit his house in Kg Serapung, Penampang near here during heavy rain on Thursday (Sept 11) has been recovered by firemen.

According to a Fire and Rescue Services Department spokesman, they found the body under a pile of debris on the ground floor of the two-storey semi-permanent wooden house at 10.35am on Friday (Sept 12).

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