Landslides and floods claim 12 lives in Sabah as search ends in Papar tragedy


Firemen finally retrieved the body of a 10-year-old Kemiey Asphereynda Benny at 8.45pm on Monday (Sept 15), bringing the total of Malaysia Day eve’s landslide tragedy to 12.

KOTA KINABALU: After 18 hours of relentless search and rescue efforts, the body of Kemiey Asphereynda Benny was finally retrieved from the rubble of a landslide that struck her home in Papar on Monday (Sept 15).

The 10-year-old was the last victim to be recovered after her mother Wong Moi Ling, 34, and younger brother Christen Kell Benny, 6, were found minutes apart earlier in the afternoon.

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