Najib visits police families affected by quake
Published on: Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Ranau: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Tuesday visited the families of police personnel of the Ranau District Police headquarters living in camps after an earthquake damaged their quarters last Friday. Najib, who was accompanied by Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, spent some time to have a closer look at the cracks at one of the quarters. He also met with the families of the police personnel living in the camps before going to the Kinabalu Park in Kundasang for a briefing on the earthquake and to hand over donations to those affected by it. ADVERTISEMENT Three of six police quarters had suffered serious cracks during the 5.9-magnitude quake which hit Ranau and triggered tremors that were felt in many other areas of Sabah. After the quake, 30 police families which felt unsafe in their homes decided to move into the camps set up in the compound of the police headquarters. Theresa anak Edward Radin, the wife of a policeman at the Narcotics Division there, said all the families appreciated Najib's presence and his enquiring about their wellbeing. She said she, her husband and their three children decided to stay in the camps because they were worried for their safety in their unit located on the third floor of the police quarters. ADVERTISEMENT "Even today, I am still traumatised by the earthquake and not confident about sleeping in our home," she said. She said this was the second time she had experienced tremors since moving into the quarters eight years ago.
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The first experience was last year, but there was no serious damage then, she said. Theresa said that during the earthquake on Friday, she and her husband and their three children, aged 12, 11 and 10 months, were at home. She said that as soon as the tremors stopped, they rushed downstairs as they were worried for their safety.