The two victims who were killed in a landslide at The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat had travelled from Kuala Lumpur to attend to certain work-related matters.
The police spoke person told media, the male victim named Ooi Chee Wei, 39 worked at an oil and gas company while the other victim, Lee Tze Juin, 32, was a property agent. Both checked in to the resort on the same day the incident happened, reported by NST.
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He also added there was no issue of them breaching the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) as he believed both had obtained prior approval for the journey.
“Under the CMCO, there should be no problem if anyone who wants to go cross state borders for work purposes. I believe they must have gotten approval from their respective employers and authorities.”
The post mortem conducted on the two victims who were found buried in a landslide at the Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat in Tambun near here yesterday found that they died due to injuries from being crushed by the rubble in a landslide, reported by Malay Mail.
With the findings, the police had classified both the cases as sudden death.
According to Oriental Daily, Ooi’s body was claimed by his wife this morning around 9.45am she spend around an hour for the procedure. Sunway auxiliary police from Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat holding an umbrella for her to send her to her car at 10.50am.
While Lee’s sister and friend reached the forensic department at 10.50am and done claiming her body about 11.30am. Both the family members of the victims didn’t meet each other.
It was reported that a continuous downpour since Monday had triggered the landslide which struck the Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat in Tambun here, killing two guests.
After almost 10 hours of search operations, authorities managed to retrieve Ooi’s body at 10.05am and Lee’s body 13 minutes later. The remains were found in the jacuzzi room of the villa, which was struck by the landslide at 1am.