BATANG KALI, Dec 22 — Four more bodies have been found at the landslide site of the Father’s Organic Farm campsite, bringing the death toll to 30.
Hulu Selangor police chief Supt Suffian Abdullah confirmed the recovery of the latest remains.
Three victims are still missing from last Friday’s landslide tragedy.
Search and rescue operations at the site of the landslide tragedy entered its seventh day today. The operation resumed this morning after it was suspended at 10pm yesterday.
In the meantime, he said the police had received three missing person reports involving victims who have not been found and bodies yet to be identified.
Suffian said the names include that of the 26th victim, an adult male found yesterday morning, adding that the body had been claimed by the next of kin.
He added the search and rescue (SAR) operation would continue to find the remaining three victims by focusing on Sectors A and C.
Meanwhile, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail said the search team found early signs of the four bodies at 10.43am.
“The team detected the tent along with other personal belongings through excavation works using an excavator before the K9 tracker dogs were sent in to trace the victims and managed to find four bodies in the same tent,” he said.
On the SAR operation, which has now entered its seventh day, Wan Md Razali said the Armed Forces and General Operations Force personnel were mobilised from 9am to conduct inspections, including at the nearby river, to see if there are any victims outside the landslide area.
A Bernama check at the on-scene command post (PKTK) found that several media practitioners were given the opportunity to see for themselves the site of the landslide while the SAR team vehicles were seen entering and leaving the area to deliver personnel and food.
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