Allaudeen (front, right), Kok (in red), Kamarulzaman (front, second from left) and Amihizam (left) at the site visit.
A CONSULTANT has been appointed by the Sri Desa Entrepreneurs Park Management Corporation to assess the safety of the building.
This is after a building beam at Block A of the four-block commercial centre fell and crushed 10 cars parked at the ground-level parking lot on Tuesday (Aug 15).
Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said the investigation and safety report will probably take two weeks to complete.
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"A total of 45 office units and nine shoplots were affected.
"In the meantime, the area will be cordoned off as a disaster area and police will be on duty at the site daily.," he told a press conference during a site visit on Thursday (Aug 17).
He added that the police will also allow tenants to retrieve goods and important documents from their offices except those located on the top floor of the five-storey building.
"We will have to wait for the outcome of the report from the consultant to decide whether cleaning and remedial works can take place.
"Also, we have only received reports from seven car owners.
"The remaining three are urged to make their reports," Comm Allaudeen added.
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Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) mayor Datuk Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh said letters would be issued to the other three blocks of Sri Desa Entrepreneurs Park to assess the safety of the other buildings.
"We do not want the same thing to happen to the other blocks," he said.
Kamarulzaman also added that periodic building safety inspections should be carried out every five years according to the bylaws.
Also present were Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, Brickfields OCPD Asst Comm Amihizam Abdul Shukor and Wangsa Maju MP Zahir Hassan.
Allaudeen (front, right), Kok (in red), Kamarulzaman (front, second from left) and Amihizam (left) at the site visit.
The area that was cordoned off by police.
Cars were crushed by the falling beam from the building
The area that was cordoned off by police.
