Nga pays last respects to victims of Batang Kali landslide

 

Nga Kor Ming talking to family members of one of the victims at the Nirvana 2 funeral parlour yesterday. (Facebook pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Local government development minister Nga Kor Ming has paid his last respects to the victims who perished in the tragic landslide at Father’s Organic Farm, Gohtong Jaya, Batang Kali.

The minister spent about 45 minutes with the families of the victims yesterday, offering his condolences and paying his last respects together with the families of the victims who perished in the tragedy, at Nirvana 2, here.

“Once the Parliament session was over, I rushed to Nirvana 2 to meet six families who lost their loved ones in the tragedy. I was there to offer my last respects on behalf of the government.

“I also pledged the government’s commitment to continue efforts to search for the remaining victims. We will not leave any stone unturned in our efforts to find the nine victims who are still missing,” he said in a statement tonight.

Nga also told the families of the victims that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had also offered his condolences to the families of the victims.

He added that the prime minister had made a request to offer a minute of silence during the Dewan Rakyat session as a mark of respect to the families whose loved ones perished in the tragedy.

During the landslide that happened at 2.42am on Friday, 24 of the 94 campers died, 61 others survived the tragedy while nine are still missing. - FMT