The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) is prepared to call in experts from Kuala Lumpur to assist in the rescue efforts following a landslide in Miri. Six victims are feared buried in the rubble, with two bodies recovered so far. JPBN chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas says the decision to call in experts will be made based on the situation's assessment. Meanwhile, 15 temporary evacuation centres have been opened across Sarawak to shelter flood victims, with a separate centre established in Miri for landslide victims.
The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee is prepared to bring in experts from Kuala Lumpur to assist in rescuing victims buried in the landslide which occurred in Miri early today.
Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also the Sarawak Deputy Premier, said such expert assistance will only be sought if necessary. “For now, the operation to find is still going on and we are assessing the situation. If there is a need, then maybe we will call the experts from Kuala Lumpur,” he told reporters after attending the state-level Chinese New Year celebration here today.
In the 2.58 am incident, six victims are feared buried in the rubble, with two bodies, one each of a teenage boy and a woman, found so far.In another development, Uggah said that, so far, 15 temporary evacuation centres have been opened in the divisions of Kuching, Serian and Samarahan to shelter flood victims while the centre in Miri is to house victims of the landslide.
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