Wednesday October 28, 2009
Pupil drowns, two others missing in unity camp mishap
Reports by FOONG THIM LENG, SYLVIA LOOI and IVAN LOH > Pictures by LEW YONG KAN, SAIFUL BAHRI and ZABIDI TUSIN
KAMPAR: An 11-year-old pupil drowned and two others are still missing after a bridge they were crossing collapsed on Monday night.
Rescuers retrieving the body of N. Dina Deve (above) from Sungai Kampar, where the suspension bridge (below) — built just a month ago — collapsed. Nineteen students were rescued from the swift currents but the search for two other girls who fell into the river is still going on. — SAIFUL BAHRI / The Star Nineteen other pupils who were also on the suspension bridge across Sungai Kampar were rescued from the river. They were among close to 300 pupils attending a 1Malaysia unity camp.
● Search and rescue operations for the missing pupils have been extended 15km down-river.
● The newly-constructed bridge was opened just a month ago.
● Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has ordered the setting up of a committee to investigate the incident.
● The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said it would conduct a probe if there was any element of wrongdoing in the construction of the bridge.
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