10 corpses pulled out in Sungai Klang widening work
The widening and deepening of Sungai Klang began on Nov 1, 2022 as part of the Selangor Maritime Gateway initiative. (Selangor Maritime Gateway pic)
PETALING JAYA : More than 10 corpses, including that of a baby, have been found in the implementation of the Sungai Klang flood mitigation project under the Selangor Maritime Gateway initiative.
Landasan Lumayan Sdn Bhd managing director Syaiful Azmen Nordin said the discoveries are not isolated incidents, and have happened many times since work to widen and deepen the river began on Nov 1, 2022.
'So far, we have handed over 10 corpses to the police and the fire and rescue department for further investigation.
'We once found three corpses at one time,' Sinar Harian reported him as saying after a site visit in Kota Kemuning today.
Syaiful said pollution also poses a challenge to the project, with the discovery of heavy items such as refrigerators, lorry tyres, mattresses, couches and motorcycles at the bottom of the river.
'I don't understand how a refrigerator ended up in the river,' he said.
He said the project has seen more than 918,936 cubic metres of matter, including sediment, garbage and rocks, extracted from the bottom of Sungai Klang.
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