00:00The search and rescue team remains dedicated to finding the victim of the sinkhole incident
00:07at Jalan Masjid India, now in its ninth day of operations.
00:11More than 115 officers and personnel, including those from the Royal Malaysia Police, Fire
00:17and Rescue Department, Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Civil Defence Force, Indah Water Consortium,
00:25Malaysia Nuclear Agency and the Department of Mineral and Geoscience are involved in
00:30the operation.
00:31The search operation on the eighth day continued until 4 am, and a telescopic camera was used
00:37to obtain a clearer image, especially in the two sewers in the search area that were found
00:42to be blocked due to debris.
00:44The camera combines the technologies of both pushrod and crawler cameras previously employed
00:50in the search efforts.
00:52On August 23, 48-year-old G. Vijayalakshmi, a tourist from India, went missing after falling
00:59into an eight-metre deep hole caused by a sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India while en route
01:05to a nearby temple.
01:07For the past eight days, the team has employed various techniques, including jetting, flushing
01:12and pumping water out of the site to locate the victim.
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