00:01The Sandakan District Disaster Management Committee, JPBD, has declared the district a landslide disaster area.
00:09JPBD Chairman Walter Kenson, who is also Sandakan Municipal Council President, said the declaration was made at 10 a.m.
00:17on Wednesday, following inspections at the landslide site and Block 10 building at Lerbo Mbat in the town centre.
00:24In a statement, he said reports from the committee's field agencies indicated that the affected area was unsafe for occupation
00:32until further inspections are carried out and authorities confirm it is safe to return.
00:37A temporary relief centre, PPS, was opened at the Sandakan Community Hall at noon to assist those affected.
00:45Earlier, 76-year-old Agustin Frederick J. Lingam died after being buried in a landslide behind a hotel in Sandakan
00:53town while attempting to start the hotel's generator.
00:57Heavy rain and a power outage had occurred before the incident, prompting the victim to go out to activate the
01:03generator.
01:14chairman, PDU, the manager and the staff, PPS, with the members of the club.
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