KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — Police have warned the public to stay away and refrain from making social media content at the sinkhole site on Jalan Masjid India.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said he had instructed his officers to be stationed at the site to ensure other agencies can carry out their remedial work without disruption.
“We don’t want the public to go to the sinkhole site and make TikTok content there. Please stay away from the area.
“The hole in the area is 8-10m deep. We need to remind the public the site is under police surveillance and they should not endanger themselves,” he told a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur contingent headquarters here today.
In the incident, a tourist from India, G. Vijaya Lakshmi, 48, was swallowed by a sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India on August 23 while walking to a nearby temple.
The search for the woman, which was launched on the same day, was called off nine days later after the government reviewed reports from agencies involved in the operation.
Regarding a landslide in Wangsa Maju, Rusdi said soil testing is being conducted before sheet piling is installed along the affected banks.
“The Kuala Lumpur City Hall has issued notices for 14 houses to be vacated, while three houses remain safe for occupancy,” he said.
Heavy rains on August 22 caused part of a retaining wall at Taman Bunga Raya near Wardieburn Camp to collapse, leading to the immediate evacuation of 52 residents from 17 terraced houses.
— Bernama
