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Nga pays last respects to victims of Batang Kali landslide

Minister pledges govt’s commitment to continue search efforts for those still missing

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 20 Dec 2022 7:38AM

Nga pays last respects to victims of Batang Kali landslide
Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming visiting families of victims who perished in the tragic landslide at Father’s Organic Farm, in Batang Kali, offering his condolences and paying his last respects. – @Nga Kor Ming Twitter pic, December 20, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming yesterday paid his last respects to the victims who perished in the tragic landslide at Father’s Organic Farm, Gohtong Jaya, Batang Kali on Friday.

The minister spent about 45 minutes with the families of the victims, offering his condolences and paying his last respects together with the families of victims who perished in the tragedy, during a special vigil from 10am to 10.30am at Nirvana 2, here.

“Once the Parliament session was over, I rushed to Nirvana 2 to meet six families who lost their loved ones in the tragedy. I was there to offer my last respects on behalf of the government. 

“I also pledged the government’s commitment to continue efforts to search for the remaining victims. We will not leave any stone unturned in our efforts to find the remaining nine victims who are still missing,” he said in a statement last night.

Nga also told the families of the victims that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had also offered his condolences.

He added that the prime minister had made a request to offer a minute of silence during the Parliament session as a mark of respect to the families whose loved ones perished in the tragedy.

During the landslide that happened at 2.42am on Friday, 24 of the 94 campers died, 61 others escaped from the tragedy while nine more are still missing. – Bernama, December 20, 2022

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