The bodies of 11 climbers have been recovered from Malaysia'sbiggest earthquake rocking Mount Kinabalu, increasing the total bodiesfound sofar to 13, said Malaysian authority on June 6.
A local police man said among the dead victims there were teachers and students from a primary school in Singapore.
Singapore’sEducation Ministry said on late June 6 that only one schoolgirl fromSingapore had been identified as 12-year-old Peony Wee Ying Ping.Currently, six students and two teachers remain unaccounted for. Thegroup comprised of 28 students and 8 teachers.
The same day, 137climbers who had been stranded on the mountain for 18 hours safelyreturned to Kinabalu Park’s headquarters. Those included nationals fromMalaysia, Singapore, the US, the Philippines, the UK, Thailand, Turkey,China and Japan.
Mount Kinabalu, which rises to 4,095metres above the sea level, is a favourite tourist destination inMalaysia’s Sabah State. It draws about 20,000 visitors each year.
Trekkingactivities will be suspended for at least three weeks to repair roads,hostels and other facilities which were damaged by the earthquake.
A6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of the Malaysian state of Sabahon Borneo island on early June 5, which is said to be one of thestrongest quakes to have hit the country for decades. Major earthquakesare rare in Malaysia, which lies just outside the Ring of Fire, the beltof seismic activity running around the Pacific basin.-VNA
A local police man said among the dead victims there were teachers and students from a primary school in Singapore.
Singapore’sEducation Ministry said on late June 6 that only one schoolgirl fromSingapore had been identified as 12-year-old Peony Wee Ying Ping.Currently, six students and two teachers remain unaccounted for. Thegroup comprised of 28 students and 8 teachers.
The same day, 137climbers who had been stranded on the mountain for 18 hours safelyreturned to Kinabalu Park’s headquarters. Those included nationals fromMalaysia, Singapore, the US, the Philippines, the UK, Thailand, Turkey,China and Japan.
Mount Kinabalu, which rises to 4,095metres above the sea level, is a favourite tourist destination inMalaysia’s Sabah State. It draws about 20,000 visitors each year.
Trekkingactivities will be suspended for at least three weeks to repair roads,hostels and other facilities which were damaged by the earthquake.
A6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of the Malaysian state of Sabahon Borneo island on early June 5, which is said to be one of thestrongest quakes to have hit the country for decades. Major earthquakesare rare in Malaysia, which lies just outside the Ring of Fire, the beltof seismic activity running around the Pacific basin.-VNA
