KUALA BESUT – A three-storey building at a resort under construction in Pulau Perhentian, off the shore of Terengganu, collapsed early today leaving a Malaysian and six migrant workers trapped, 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 here.
Two Indonesian workers were rescued, he said, adding that a search-and-rescue operation had been mounted for the missing worker, also an Indonesian.
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. – November 9, 2023