GEORGE TOWN: At 700m from shore, the killer tsunami in 2004 was no more than a fast-moving, white capped wave for Kampung Pulau Betong fisherman Ahmad Din.
But he found himself with a front row seat to the horror on land when the tsunami hit the Balik Pulau side of Penang.
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