Search continues for 97YO buried alive in Penampang landslide


The landslide at Kampung Sarapung in Penampang where firemen are searching for a 97-year-old man trapped under the debris.

KOTA KINABALU: Rescuers are continuing the overnight search for a 97-year-old man believed to have been buried in a landslide in Kampung Sarapung, Penampang, near here late on Thursday night (Sept 11).

Penampang fire station chief Zeno Tinggalan said on Friday (Sept 12) that search and rescue operations were still underway for the man, believed to be buried under tonnes of mud that engulfed his two-storey semi-permanent wooden house.

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