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REMBAU: Malaysia will help set up a field hospital in Myanmar to help victims of the recent earthquake, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (pic).
The Foreign Minister said he had tabled this proposal during the last Cabinet meeting and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had agreed in principle to proceed with the matter.
“We will now leave it to the Health Ministry and the Armed Forces to work on setting up the hospital, which will have some 30 beds and operating rooms, including X-ray, as well as other facilities.
“We will also decide how many surgeons and other personnel will be sent from here to man the hospital,” he told reporters when met at his Hari Raya open house in Kg Tanjung in Rantau near here yesterday.
Mohamad, also known as Tok Mat, said Malaysia will also fly in medical supplies, as these are not readily available in the affected areas in Myanmar.
He said Malaysia is ready to help out, as we have the experience setting up field hospitals during disasters in other countries such as Turkiye and Bangladesh previously.
“We want to help, as 84 hospitals in Myanmar have been damaged by the quake.
“We will also work with other Asean member countries to provide mobile water-purifying systems to Myanmar, as its underground pipe networks have also been badly damaged,” he said, adding that Asean will also help by providing tents and temporary shelters as many houses have been destroyed.
He said discussions are also being held at the Asean Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management to coordinate aid distribution from member countries.
Mohamad said he would also talk to the Thai government to allow aid from Asean countries to be flown into Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw via its Don Mueang Airport due to its proximity.
The minister also estimated that the process of rebuilding Myanmar would take a decade based on what he witnessed during his visit there following the April 5 earthquake.
“There have been several tremors reported ever since, and the people are afraid to sleep indoors.
“Even I felt a tremor while having a meeting with the Myanmar Prime Minister during the visit,” he said.
Mohamad also expressed hope that fighting between the warring factions in Myanmar will stop for now.
“During my visit, I did tell the authorities there that if the safety of any Asean or Malaysian aid workers is threatened, we will not hesitate to pull out immediately.”
SUBANG JAYA: Sejumlah 613 keluarga yang ditempatkan di pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) Masjid Putra Heights dibenarkan pulang ke penginapan sementara atau kediaman masing-masing.
Pengerusi Bencana Daerah Petaling, Huzunul Khaidil Mohamed berkata, mangsa telah keluar secara berperingkat selepas makluman pengosongan PPS itu dibuat pada Khamis lalu.
“Jadi mereka semua telah membuat perancangan keluarga masing-masing. Ada yang berhajat untuk berpindah ke kediaman sendiri, ada yang menumpah rumah saudara, ada yang menyewa terus.
“Ada juga mangsa dan keluarga yang terus mengambil insentif yang diberikan oleh kerajaan iaitu penempatan inap desa daripada AirBnB dan juga ada yang ditaja oleh ahli parlimen untuk pindah ke hotel untuk sementara waktu.
“Untuk hari ini ada 60 keluarga yang masing-masing telah keluar yang terakhir keluar pada pukul 2 petang sebentar tadi,” katanya kepada pemberita di PPS berkenaan.
Huzunul turut memaklumkan bahawa pihaknya akan membuat pengumuman rasmi berhubung penutupan PPS berkaitan insiden letupan paip gas di Putra Heights pada 1 April lalu.
Pada masa sama, beliau turut merakamkan penghargaan kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia atas keprihatinan, sokongan dan doa yang berterusan kepada mangsa tragedi.
“Saya mewakili semua petugas dan agensi yang terlibat mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Allah SWT dan rakyat Malaysia atas segala bentuk bantuan. Tanpa sokongan bersama, segala urusan tidak akan semudah ini,” katanya.
Tambah beliau, kejayaan operasi ini merupakan hasil kerjasama erat pelbagai pihak termasuk kerajaan negeri, agensi penyelamat, pasukan sukarelawan dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO). – UTUSAN
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — The flood situation in Selangor and Johor has improved this morning, with fewer evacuees at temporary relief centres, while conditions in Sabah remain unchanged.
In SELANGOR, the number of evacuees dropped to 218 from 63 families, down from 353 from 100 families yesterday evening.
According to the Social Welfare Department’s InfoBencana portal, only four relief centres are still operating — Dewan Kenanga, SK Shah Alam Section 16, and SMK Section 16 in Shah Alam, as well as the Camelia Multipurpose Hall (MBSJ) in Subang Jaya.
In JOHOR, the number of evacuees declined to 177 from 58 families as of 8 am today, compared to 199 from 63 families yesterday evening.
State Disaster Management Committee chairman Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani said the evacuees, who are residents of Kampung Baharu Sri Gading, Kampung Parit Bengkok, Kampung Parit Kaspan, Kampung Parit Samion, Kampung Parit Haji Salleh Ros, Kampung Parit Sri Muar, Kampung Sri Pandan, and Kampung Parit Samijan, are being housed at the SMK Seri Gading relief centre in Batu Pahat.
In SABAH, the State Disaster Management Secretariat reported that the number of victims remains at 683 from 186 families in the Nabawan and Sook districts, as of 8 am today.
A total of 471 people from 116 families in Nabawan are staying at six relief centres, while 212 people from 70 families in Sook are sheltering at two centres.
The six relief centres in Nabawan, opened since last Friday, are at Dewan Kampung Bahagia, Dewan Serbaguna Majlis Daerah Nabawan, Balai Budaya Kabangawong, Balai Budaya Kampung Sarikan, Balai Budaya Kampung Saupi, and SK Kampung Pandiwan.
In Sook, the centres are at Dewan Kampung Membulu and Dewan SK Pekan Keningau II.
According to the statement, 30 villages in Nabawan and two in Sook were affected by the floods due to continuous rain in the interior areas of Sabah, located 174 km and 147 km south of Kota Kinabalu respectively. — Bernama
MANDALAY, April 13 — Thousands marked the start of Myanmar’s water festival today in the ruins of last month’s earthquake, with the country’s most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor.
The “Thingyan” festival typically celebrates Myanmar’s new year with water-splashing rituals symbolising cleansing and renewal, but the central cities of Mandalay and Sagaing lie devastated from the 7.7-magnitude quake.
Two weeks on from the disaster which killed more than 3,600, hundreds are still living in tent encampments peppered among pancaked apartment blocks, razed tea shops and demolished hotels.
Many still lack working latrines and need to queue for drinking water, and the weather forecast for heavy rains has them fretting over their makeshift homes.
Early today families were buying clay pots and plant sprigs customarily placed inside homes to welcome the new year — even though some had nowhere to put them.
“Everyone is in trouble this year,” said 55-year-old Ma Phyu, camping with nine family members north of Mandalay’s quake-damaged Royal Palace.
“I have to prepare the pot with the flowers because it is our tradition. But my heart is heavy.”
The children in her family had been ordered not to splash water in the street for fear their neighbours would criticise them for celebrating as the city mourns.
Myanmar’s ruling military junta has commanded the five-day festival to have no music or dance.
Since the March 28 quake Mandalay temperatures have soared up to a parching 44 degrees Celsius while at night tent-dwellers are needled by mosquitos before rising at dawn to line up for aid.
More than 5,200 buildings have been destroyed according to official figures, while more than two million people are in need as a result of the earthquake, the UN says.
It has issued an emergency plea for US$275 million (RM1.2 billion), following US President Donald Trump’s evisceration of Washington’s aid budget which has already hobbled some UN operations in Myanmar.
The World Food Programme says it is being forced to cut off one million people from vital aid this month because donations have dried up.
Myanmar has been riven by a civil war following a 2021 coup which spurred mass poverty and displacement even before the quake.
The tremors were felt as far away as Bangkok, where a high-rise under construction collapsed and trapped dozens of workers.
Despite an announced ceasefire, monitors say Myanmar’s military has continued air strikes, while the junta has accused anti-coup guerillas and ethnic armed groups of maintaining their offensives.
“At a moment when the sole focus should be on ensuring humanitarian aid gets to disaster zones, the military is instead launching attacks,” said UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani in a statement this week. — AFP
29 mangsa banjir di 1 PPS Port Dickson
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Sebuah pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) dibuka di Balai Raya Kampung Permatang Pasir di Port Dickson bagi menempatkan 29 mangsa akibat banjir kilat.
Pengarah Angkatan Pertahanan Awam (APM) Negeri Sembilan, Mohd Nazri Mes Kam, berkata hujan lebat menyebabkan air sungai melimpah dan sembilan keluarga terpaksa dipindahkan.
“Sebuah PPS dibuka di Balai Raya Kampung Permatang Pasir pada 2.30 pagi tadi bagi menempatkan mereka yang terjejas,” katanya menurut Sinar Harian.
Beliau berkata, pemantauan akan diteruskan kerana hujan masih berterusan setakat 8 pagi tadi, tetapi keadaan terkawal.