Sabah quake: Missing mostly Malaysians and Singaporeans
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KUNDASANG: Most of the 17 people who are still missing on Mount Kinabalu after Friday's 5.9-magnitude quake are Singaporeans and Malaysians.
Ranau district police chief Dep Supt Farhan Lee Abdullah said eight Singaporeans and six Malaysians were among those who have yet to be accounted for.
Others missing were a national each from China, the Philippines and Japan, he told the media at the Kinabalu Park headquarters here Saturday.
He said the missing Singaporeans were among a group of 40 from the Tanjung Katong primary school who had been trekking along the Via Ferrata when the earthquake shook the mountain at about 7.15am on Friday.
He said the Malaysians who were missing comprised three climbers as well as two staff members of Mountain Torq, which operated the Via Ferrata, and a mountain guide.
