Downpour causes retaining wall to collapse in Tanjung Bungah

HEAVY rain also brought mayhem to some residents in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, as three cars were crushed by a minor landslide.

In the 9am incident, a retaining wall in a residents garden collapsed after an overnight downpour, leaving the cars under tonnes of debris.

Businesswoman Cheng Wui Yiun, 30, said she had been parking her car at the same spot behind the house for the past 10 years.

Im shocked to see my only car in this condition. Nothing like this had happened before, said Cheng, who is renting a room in the house.

The houseowner, who declined to be named, said she was in her sitting room when the incident occurred.

Suddenly, I heard a loud noise behind my house and upon checking, I was shocked to find my backyard wall had collapsed, she said.

She added that she had been living in the house for the past 30 years and no such incident had happened before.

Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu arrived at the scene shortly after the incident yesterday.

He said both the car owners and house owners should make individual reports to the Penang Municipal Council.

State Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said the incident was disturbing and requested the council to conduct a thorough investigation.

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Downpour causes retaining wall to collapse in Tanjung Bungah