KUALA LUMPUR: Eleven foreign workers were killed in a landslide at a construction site in northwest Malaysia on Saturday, authorities said.
Earlier estimates had put the George Town death toll at 14, but three workers had managed to escape, said Ervin Galen Teruki, deputy operations head of the Fire and Rescue Department in Penang state.
A seventh body was found on Sunday morning.
Fire officials earlier identified the victims as foreign workers from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan. The construction site supervisor, a Malaysian, remains missing.
The landslide occurred on Saturday morning at a site where two 49-story condominium towers are being built. The cause has yet to be determined.
A stop-work order had been issued for the development, pending investigations, according to the Penang Island city council mayor Maimunah Mohammad Sharif.
Several residential and commercial towers are still under construction in the area.
Local media reported anger among residents and activists, some of who said they had previously protested against the increasing development of hillslopes around the area.
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Death toll from Malaysia construction site landslide at 11
Death toll from Malaysia construction site landslide at 11
China conducts naval, air patrols around disputed South China Sea
BEIJING: China conducted naval and air patrols in the South China Sea from Monday to Friday, the China Southern Theater Command said in a statement on Saturday.
“In an attempt to stir up troubles in the South China Sea, the Philippine side roped in countries outside the region and conducted so-called ‘bilateral air patrol’, undermining peace and stability in the region,” the statement said.
Forces of the Southern Theater Command will remain on high alert and resolutely safeguard China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, according to the statement.
The Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“In an attempt to stir up troubles in the South China Sea, the Philippine side roped in countries outside the region and conducted so-called ‘bilateral air patrol’, undermining peace and stability in the region,” the statement said.
Forces of the Southern Theater Command will remain on high alert and resolutely safeguard China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, according to the statement.
The Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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