KLANG: Police have recorded the statement of the owner of a chemical recycling factory which exploded in Kapar Indah Industrial Park, here yesterday evening.

North Klang district police chief ACP S Vijaya Rao said police are currently collecting other information to determine if there was any element of negligence and the investigation is currently being conducted under a Police Inquiry Paper (KEP).

“The owner has cooperated well and the factory has seven employees, including three locals and four foreigners, all of whom have valid work permits.

“If we find any elements of negligence or crime, etc., we will continue the investigation under section 285 of the Penal Code,“ he said when met after inspecting the location of the incident here today.

KLANG – Polis telah merakam keterangan pemilik kilang memproses bahan kimia yang meletup dalam kejadian di kawasan Taman Perindustrian Kapar Indah di sini.

Ketua Polis Daerah Klang Utara, Asisten Komisioner S. Vijaya Rao berkata, berdasarkan siasatan awal mendapati kilang ini mempunyai tujuh pekerja termasuk empat warga asing yang mempunyai dokumen yang lengkap.

“Pemilik kilang telah dipanggil dan memberikan kerjasama sepenuhnya untuk dirakam keterangan.

“Ketika ini, kita buka siasatan bawah Kertas Enkuiri Polis (KEP) dan sekiranya terdapat kecuaian dalam aspek jenayah dan sebagainya, siasatan akan dilakukan mengikut Seksyen 285 Kanun Keseksaan,” katanya ketika ditemui pemberita di lokasi kejadian hari ini.

Kata beliau, beberapa sampel bahan kimia di lokasi kejadian telah diambil dan dihantar ke Jabatan Kimia untuk tindakan selanjutnya.

Lokasi kejadian akan ditutup dalam dua hari dengan kawalan 24 jam daripada pihak polis.

“Jabatan Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan kemudiannya akan mengambilalih dan berbincang dengan pengusaha kilang untuk tujuan penutupan sementara.

“Berdasarkan semakan, radius kawasan terjejas akibat letupan itu antara 100 hingga 150 meter,” jelasnya.

Dalam perkembangan sama, beliau menyatakan jumlah terkini mangsa terlibat adalah seramai 33 orang dengan 31 daripadanya dirawat di Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) dan dua lagi di hospital swasta.

“Mereka semua tidak hanya dirawat pesakit luar dengan gejala pedih mata dan sesak nafas,” katanya. -KOSMO! ONLINE

Taipei: Gempa bumi bermagnitud 6.4 dan beberapa kejutan lanjur melanda selatan Taiwan awal pagi Selasa, mengakibatkan rumah dan jalan runtuh, dengan puluhan cedera serta 50 orang terperangkap di perkampungan mereka, lapor Agensi Berita Pusat (CNA).

Menurut data terkini Kementerian Kesihatan dan Kebajikan, sebanyak 26 individu dilaporkan cedera dan telah dihantar ke hospital sehingga lewat pagi Selasa.

Di Kampung Xixing, Daerah Dapu di Wilayah Chiayi, yang juga pusat gempa, kerosakan teruk dilaporkan, dengan jalan masuk ke kampung terbabit terhalang, menyebabkan kira-kira 50 penduduk terasing.

Pejabat dan sekolah di Dapu ditutup pada Selasa berikutan kerosakan itu.

Sementara itu, lapan individu yang sebelum ini terperangkap dalam bangunan di Bandar Tainan dan Chiayi berjaya diselamatkan, menurut Agensi Bomba Kebangsaan.

Di Daerah Jiasian, Kaohsiung, jalan yang terhalang akibat batu-batu yang jatuh telah dibersihkan oleh Biro Lebuh Raya.

Gempa bumi utama melanda Chiayi pada 12.17 tengah malam dengan intensiti tertinggi dicatatkan di Dapu pada tahap 6- dalam skala intensiti 7 tingkat Taiwan, yang menggambarkan tahap kesukaran untuk berdiri, menurut Pentadbiran Cuaca Pusat (CWA).

Sehingga 3.30 pagi, hampir 50 kejutan lanjur telah direkodkan di selatan Taiwan, dengan yang terkuat bermagnitud 5.2 pada 1.42 pagi, menurut data CWA.

A 6.0-MAGNITUDE earthquake hit Taiwan yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, injuring 27 people, triggering landslides and causing ceilings of homes to cave in according to local authorities.

An AFP journalist in the capital Taipei here felt tremors for nearly a minute as the shallow quake struck shortly after midnight.

The epicentre was recorded 12km north of Yujing, a mangogrowing district in southern Taiwan, the USGS said.

Firefighters rescued three people, including a child who were trapped in a collapsed house in nearby Nanxi district, video posted on Facebook and verified by AFP showed.

Elsewhere, authorities said a person was injured by falling debris while two people were rescued from elevators.

More than 50 aftershocks have been recorded, said Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration which reported the initial quake at magnitude 6.4.

The ceilings of several homes collapsed, while roads were blocked by falling rocks and landslides, the National Fire Agency said.

But the agency reported “no major damage” from the quake, which injured 27 people according

to the Health Ministry.

The aftermath saw classes and office work cancelled in Nanxi district as well as Dapu Township in mountainous Chiayi County, north of the epicentre.

Some roads in Dapu were

“damaged and impassable”, and water and electricity supplies affected, Chiayi County chief Weng Chang-liang said.

Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC said it evacuated workers from some of its central and southern factories when the quake struck.

Taiwan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location on the edges of two tectonic plates near the Pacific Ring of Fire, which USGS says is the most seismically active zone in the world.

The last major earthquake occurred in April 2024 when the island was hit by a deadly 7.4magnitude tremor that officials said was the strongest in 25 years.

At least 17 people were killed in that quake, which triggered landslides and severely damaged buildings around Hualien.

April’s earthquake was the most serious in Taiwan since it was struck by a 7.6-magnitude tremor in 1999.

Some 2,400 people died in that quake, making it the deadliest natural disaster in the island's history.

Since then, Taiwan has updated and enhanced its building code to incorporate quake-resistant construction methods, such as steel bars that allow a building to sway more easily when the ground moves.

Famous for its cutting-edge tech firms, Taiwan has built up an advanced early warning system that can alert the public to potentially serious ground shaking within seconds.