BATANG KALI – Rescuers have detected five foreign objects during the search-and-rescue operation at the Father’s Organic Farm campsite landslide in Gohtong Jaya here last night.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Hafisham Mohd Noor said the Survey and Mapping Department made the discovery using ground penetrating radar equipment in sectors A and C, which helped focus the search scope last night.
He said that the number of rescuers last night has been reduced due to safety factors and to lessen soil movement.
“The K9 units will also not be involved in tonight’s search to give them time to rest before resuming duties tomorrow,” he told reporters at the incident control post here last night.
Meanwhile, Hulu Selangor district police chief Suffian Abdullah said there has yet to be any positive result on the fourth day of the rescue operation as of 9pm.
“However, as operations are currently ongoing, I hope we will find something and locate the victims who are still missing tonight,” he said.
Checks by Bernama at the control post revealed rescue agency vehicles coming and going, along with some Hulu Selangor Municipal Council garbage trucks.
Media practitioners are also slowly making their way home in groups. and only a small number are still camped at the control post to report on new developments.
The weather last night seemed to be good, with no rain forecasted.
The landslide that hit the campsite at 2.42am last Friday resulted in 24 deaths with nine still missing out of a total of 94 people. Sixty-one others survived. – Bernama, December 20, 2022
