Construction worker missing as building collapses in Pulau Perhentian

 

A three-storey building at a resort under construction in Pulau Perhentian, offshore Terengganu, collapsed early today trapping a Malaysian and six foreign workers, but four of them scrambled out of the rubble, two were rescued and one remains missing.

Besut district police chief Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the Malaysian and three Rohingya workers managed to crawl out of the debris soon after the incident happened at about 5pm on the island, which is a 30-minute ferry ride from Kuala Besut.

Two Indonesian workers were rescued, he said, adding that a search-and-rescue operation had been mounted for the missing worker, also an Indonesian.

Abdul Rozak identified the Malaysian as Leong, the Rohingya as Mohd Eunuh Hamid Husson, Shamsul Alam Abdul Sukur, and Mohd Rafiq, and the rescued Indonesians as Jamil, 33, and Ramli, 48.

He said the missing Indonesian is Suparno, in his 40s.

- Bernama