All five bodies recovered after landslide hits Cameron Highlands
Another body of a landslide victim was found at Kampung Raja, Blue Valley on Jan 27, 2024. (Photo: Bernama/Abd Rasid Lamak)
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CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Pahang: The bodies of the last two victims of the landslide at Kampung Raja, Blue Valley were found on Saturday (Jan 27) evening, bringing the death toll to five.
A landslide had struck a house in Malaysia's Cameron Highlands in the early hours of Friday, cutting off road access to the side in the Blue Valley area.
Cameron Highlands district police chief DSP Azri Ramli said the bodies of a man and a woman were found within 5m of each other.
"The fourth body was found during a search using heavy machinery at 6.10pm while the last body was found through manual excavation at 6.50pm,” he said at a media conference at the Fire Department Control Centre at the site of the incident on Saturday.
The fourth body was identified as that of Shing Law Har, 56, the fifth as that of Om Myu, 37, while the third victim, who was discovered at noon was identified as Thang Moung, 25, he said, adding that the bodies were all sent to Sultanah Hajah Kalsom Hospital in Cameron Highlands .
Two bodies found on Friday were identified as Law Ha Phey, 36, and Ki Shing Om, 48.
The five Myanmar nationals were buried alive when their homes were involved in the landslide at about 2.40am on Friday.
