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Assets from many agencies deployed as SAR ops widen on second day

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Recovery and reconstruction of the area affected by the sinkhole incident in Jalan Masjid India here are expected to take between three to six months, said Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Dr Maimunah Mohd Sharif.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department's (JBPM) attempt to locate the missing Indian national who fell into the sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India by exploring a nearby sewer channel has once again ended in frustration.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — The search and rescue (SAR) operation for Indian national Vijayaletchumy, 48, who fell into an eight-meter-deep sinkhole in Jalan Masjid India, here, entered its fifth day today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — The search and rescue (SAR) operation for the female Indian national who fell into a sinkhole in Jalan Masjid India here entered its fourth day today, with search teams using a flushing technique at the site of the incident.

CHUKAI, Aug 12 — The search and rescue (SAR) operation for the two remaining victims of the fishing boat capsizing incident in the waters of Kemaman resumed at 7 am today.

CHUKAI, July 8 – A week has gone by and the search for the last victim in the Jeram Air Putih water surge incident, Putri Nor Fatin Karim, 14, continues today with the focus entirely on sector A of the search area.

CHUKAI, July 5 — The search and rescue (SAR) operation to find the last two victims of the Jeram Air Putih water surge incident, here, resumed at 9am today.

CHUKAI, July 3 — The second-day search and rescue operation (SAR) for the remaining eight victims missing in the water surge incident in Jeram Mawar, Air Putih, near here, resumed at 9am today.

IPOH, June 6 — The search and rescue (SAR) mission for an eight-year-old child who was feared drowned in Lubuk Gelap, Simpang 4, Tanjung Malim, will be widened after the third day still reached a dead end when it was stopped at 6.30pm yesterday.

IPOH, 10 April — A soldier has been reported missing since April 7 while on duty in the Belum Forest Reserve near Gerik.

MELAKA, Feb 19 — The body of Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) commando, Lance Corp Edrin Baintim, 25, who went missing while undergoing dive training in the waters of Pulau Undan on February 7 has been found at the mangrove area of Tanjung Sepat, Selangor today.

GAZIANTEP (Turkiye), Feb 17 — The proposal to grant a special allowance to members of the country's search and rescue (SAR) team in the earthquake mission in Turkiye is a morale booster and will motivate the members to continue to do their best.

GAZIANTEP (Turkiye), Feb 14 — The two "Batang Kali heroes" in Malaysia’s search and rescue (SAR) team to Turkiye are always prepared to serve even though they are on foreign land.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — The search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate a man feared missing in Sungai Pisang, Batu 12, Gombak last Sunday has been extended to an eight-kilometre radius from the scene.

GAZIANTEP (Turkiye), Feb 14 — The Malaysian search and rescue (SAR) team in Nurdagi here have not allowed extremely cold conditions to hinder them from carrying on with their mission of searching for earthquake victims there.

GAZIANTEP (Turkiye), Feb 11 — The MAS-01 SMART team found six bodies of earthquake victims in a seven-storey hotel and residential building that completely collapsed in Nurdagi here on Friday.

GAZIANTEP (Turkiye), Feb 10 — The second Malaysian rescue team (MAS-10) deployed to assist in the search and rescue (SAR) for Turkiye earthquake victims who already arrived in Gaziantep on Thursday evening, is still unable to enter ground zero due to logistics problems.