PETALING JAYA: Another body was recovered from the rubble of the collapsed Jaya Supermarket building early Friday morning taking the death toll to three.
The body - believed to be that of an Indonesian worker - was recovered at 3.30am on Friday.
Rescue personnel are trying to get to four more workers trapped under the debris of the collapsed Jaya Supermarket and located by search dogs and a scope.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said the trapped workers were near the three bodies pulled from the rubble earlier.
He told reporters after visiting the site that rescuers were being hampered by the large amount of debris.
"I would like to get an explanation from the contractor involved in the demolition on the methods the company has used.
"I am going to put a working paper on this incident. A task force will also be formed to probe the collapse involving the local council, police and the Fire and Rescue Department," he said.
On Thursday, the building collapsed at 5pm while demolition work was going on, killing three Indonesian workers.
Two other workers were pulled out alive.
Bernama reported Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Lajim Ukim as saying that initial investigation indicated that overloading caused by heavy machines used in demolishing the former Jaya Supermarket building may have triggered the collapse.
He said eight heavy demolition tractors were in the building when the incident occurred.
"The investigation does not discount that more heavy machines were in the building," he told reporters when met at the site here Thursday night.
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