Singapore in mourning after 8 citizens die in Malaysia quake
Singapore is in mourning following the death of eight of its citizens in an earthquake in the eastern part of Malaysia.
The government declared Monday a day of national remembrance for the dead, who included six students, a teacher and an adventure guide.
"State flags on all government buildings will be flown at half-mast," the office of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a statement Sunday.
All eight were on an expedition to the picturesque Mount Kinabalu region of Malaysia when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the region on June 5. The quake has officially killed 16.
"The Prime Minister is deeply saddened by the deaths of eight Singaporeans in the earthquake at Mount Kinabalu," said the statement, adding, "On behalf of all Singaporeans, the Prime Minister expresses his deepest condolences and sympathies to their families and loved ones.”
They were a part of a larger group of 29 students and 8 teachers who were on a trip hiking the popular tourist attraction of one of Southeast Asia's tallest mountain which stands 4,095-meters high in the state of Sabah.
A Singaporean teacher, a Singaporean student and some others from China, Japan and the Philippines remain missing.
The quake caused tremendous rock slides, knocking over boulders that crushed some of the hikers trekking across the mountain trails.
Over 100 hikers were escorted down to safety by rescuers after being stuck on the mountain for up to 18 hours as the quake damaged a main mountain trail.
The quake was one of Malaysia’s strongest jolts in decades.
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