The search and rescue (SAR) team remains dedicated to finding the victim of the sinkhole incident at Jalan Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur, now in its ninth day of operations.
More than 115 officers and personnel, from various sectors are involved in the mission.
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00:00The search and rescue team remains dedicated to finding the victim of the sinkhole incident
00:07at Jalan Masjid India, now in its ninth day of operations.
00:11More than 115 officers and personnel, including those from the Royal Malaysia Police, Fire
00:17and Rescue Department, Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Civil Defence Force, Indah Water Consortium,
00:25Malaysia Nuclear Agency and the Department of Mineral and Geoscience are involved in
00:30the operation.
00:31The search operation on the eighth day continued until 4 am, and a telescopic camera was used
00:37to obtain a clearer image, especially in the two sewers in the search area that were found
00:42to be blocked due to debris.
00:44The camera combines the technologies of both pushrod and crawler cameras previously employed
00:50in the search efforts.
00:52On August 23, 48-year-old G. Vijayalakshmi, a tourist from India, went missing after falling
00:59into an eight-metre deep hole caused by a sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India while en route
01:05to a nearby temple.
01:07For the past eight days, the team has employed various techniques, including jetting, flushing
01:12and pumping water out of the site to locate the victim.
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