Tuesday March 29, 2005
Malaysia's police issue alert
BY NELSON BENJAMIN
PETALING JAYA: Bukit Aman has alerted all state police headquarters to be on full alert including making preparations to evacuate people from coastal areas from Penang, Langkawi and Kedah.
Internal Security and Public Order director Comm Datuk Othman Talib said the alert was issued soon after news of the earthquake in Indonesia broke.
"We are still liasing with the Meteorological Department to verify the epicentre or the actual magnitude of the earthquake which is believed to have occurred at about 12.02am," he said, adding that the police phone lines were flooded with calls.
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