Authorities said that it is not yet time to gazette the location of the sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur as an unsafe zone.
Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain, said in order to do so, he would need to submit an application to the National Security Council (MKN) to declare the area a disaster zone.
“Although this incident is not considered a disaster, the actions of the police including the fire department and related agencies as well as Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) seem like a disaster.
“Following the detection of the second location of the sinkhole, I have ordered the 1.4 kilometer long route on Jalan Masjid India to Jalan Raja Laut to be closed.
“The closure involves a route that has five culverts and instructions related to the matter have been issued to the Chief of Police Dearah Dang Wangi and the Chief of State Police,” he said.
Commenting further, the closure only involves the route in question and does not involve other areas.
“Businesses are not closed either. Transactions are still going on as usual. The path to the sewer is only about 50 to 70 meters,” he said.
Earlier the media reported that the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) detected an object that was stuck about 80 meters between the location of the clear ground and the second sewer.
JBPM Deputy Director General (Operations), Datuk Ahmad Izram Osman, said the findings were obtained through detection by two Detection Unit (K9) dogs, Denti and Frankie, who were brought down to the scene yesterday afternoon, in addition to camera detection.
