3 Bangladeshis killed as building collapses in Malaysia

Staff Reporter  :
Three Bangladeshis were killed and two others seriously injured when a building under construction collapsed at George Town in Penang of Malaysia at 9.45pm on Tuesday (Malaysian local time)
The injured workers were sent to Penang Hospital for treatment, while four are believed to have been buried under the rubble.

Penang Deputy Police Chief Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad confirmed the matter to the media saying that so far, rescuers had found five out of the nine workers believed to have been trapped.

“A beam measuring about 12m long and weighing about
14 tonnes had fallen and knocked down 14 other beams in the incident at the site,” said Deputy Police Chief Mohamed Usuf.
“There were 18 workers assigned to the site. None of them had gone out for prayers at the time.

“So far, we have identified three deceased victims – two who had died at the scene and another who died in hospital, he added.
MBPP Mayor Datuk A Rajendran said this was to facilitate the rescue operation and the investigation carried out by the authorities.

Meanwhile, Bayan Lepas assemblyman Datuk Azrul Mahathir Aziz, who also visited the site, called for strict action to be taken against those responsible if negligence is found to have caused the incident.