KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 – The full report on the sinkhole tragedy at Jalan Masjid India in August last year is expected to be presented to the Cabinet by the end of this year, at the latest.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa said she had only recently received the detailed findings and the ministry is currently reviewing the contents before tabling it to the Cabinet.
“I’ve just received the full report, and my team is now studying various aspects of the incident, particularly the cause of the sinkhole. Once the review is complete, I will present it to the Cabinet, probably before the end of the year,” she told reporters after officiating the Mata Hati Wilayah programme here today.
The tragedy involved a woman identified as Vijayaletchumy, a tourist from India, who fell into an eight-metre-deep sinkhole while walking with her family in the Jalan Masjid India area on Aug 23 en route to a nearby temple.
Despite a multi-agency search and rescue operation being launched immediately after the incident, the victim was never found.
