Mount Kinabalu, Sabah Earth Quake - Number of Victims revised to 18.

Sabah quake: Number of victims revised to 18

BY MUGUNTAN VANAR, RUBEN SARIO, STEPHANIE LEE, AND NATASHA JOIBI

Mount Kinabalu.

 

KUNDASANG: The number of casualties on Mount Kinabalu following Friday's earthquake has been revised to 18, of whom 16 are confirmed dead while two remain missing and presumed dead.

Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said a Malaysian, earlier listed as missing was among the first batch climbers who arrived at the base of the mountain, but his name was not recorded.

He identified the climber as Kuala Lumpur-based travel agent Mohd Khairuladzuan Abdul Khalid, 39.

Masidi told the media at the Kinabalu Park headquarters here that the deceased victims comprised six Malaysians, seven Singaporeans and one each from the Philippines, China and Japan.

He said Malaysian search and rescue personnel as well as Kinabalu Park guides found five more bodies on the mountain on Sunday.

He said the two missing climbers were a teacher and student from Singapore.

Masidi the two were still listed them as missing although it was possible that their remains were among the body parts rescuers had recovered so far.

"We hope the identification process can be concluded over the next few days," he added.

He said the rescue operations on the mountain were being scaled down but would continue on Monday," Masidi said

 Full list of victims

BY MUGUNTAN VANAR, RUBEN SARIO, STEPHANIE LEE, AND NATASHA JOIBI

 

KUNDASANG: A full list of 18 deceased victims of the Mount Kinabalu earthquake has been posted in the search and rescue operations room.

The first two victims brought out from the mountaintop were mountain trainer Robbie Sapinggil, 30, and Singaporean student Peony Wee Ying Ping.

The largest number of foreigners was from Singapore with one group of 29 Singaporean and international students and eight teachers from Tanjong Katong School on an expedition to Mt Kinabalu. 

Student Prajesh Dhiman Patel, 12, was listed as being seriously injured.

One of the injured victims

Malaysian Mohd Khairuladzuan Abdul Khalid, 39, was earlier included in the list, but was later to have been in the first batch of rescued victims, but his name was not recorded.

The full list of 18 victims is as follows:

Malaysia:Lim Choon Seong, 45 (male)
Muhammad Logman Abd Karim, 22 (male)
Valerian Joannes, Mt Torq staff (male)
Ricky Masarin, Mt Torq staff (male)
Joseph Solugin, mountain guide (male)
Robbie Sapinggi, 30, mountain trainer (male, body recovered on Friday)

Singapore:Rachel Ho Yann Shilin, 12, (female)
Sonia Jhala, 12, (female)
Emilie Giovanna Ramu, 12, (female)
Ameer Ryyan bin Mohd Aded, 12, (male)
Navdeep Singh Jayral s/o Raj Kumar, 13 (male)
Mohammad Ghazi b Mohamed, 35, (male)
Loo Jian Liang Terrence, 29 (male)
Muhammad Daanish b Amran, 22 (male)
Wee Ying Ping Peony, 12 (female, body recovered Friday)

Philippines:Karyl Mitzi Higuit Matahom, 12, (female)

JapanOzaki Masahiro, 29 (male)

ChinaLugi, 35 (male)