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Search for tourist swallowed by sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur stalls amid safety fears

Malaysia fire and rescue officers stand near to a sinkhole and piles of debris in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia fire and rescue officers inspect the site where a woman fell into a sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur. Photograph: Fazry Ismail/EPA

The search for an Indian tourist who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Malaysia’s capital has stalled after being deemed “too risky”.

Vijaya Lakshmi Gali was walking along a road in Kuala Lumpur on 23 August when the pavement beneath her suddenly collapsed. She plunged into an 8-metre-deep (26ft) sinkhole and disappeared. Rescuers have found no trace of her so far except for her slippers.

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