KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the public have been advised to stay away from the location where a sinkhole swallowed an Indian tourist last Friday.
Dang Wangi police chief Assistant Commissioner Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman said: "We have taken steps to close the route along Jalan Masjid India, starting from the location of the sinkhole up to the Semua House complex.
"However, we have observed that people did not heed our personnel stationed in the area."
He said the road closure was to prevent any untoward incident.
"The public is advised not to enter the area which has been cordoned off.
"Follow the advice of the police and do not arbitrarily pass through unauthorised areas.
"Avoid approaching these locations, especially where search and rescue efforts are being conducted," he said.
Earlier today, personnel from the Minerals and Geosciences Department were seen scanning Jalan Masjid India.
Several of them, clad in blue vests, were seen operating a four-wheeled ground-penetrating radar device at 3.15pm, moving from the first sinkhole that formed last Friday to the second sinkhole that appeared recently.
About half an hour later, Indian high commissioner to Malaysia, B. N. Reddy, visited Jalan Masjid India.
He was accompanied by Dang Wangi deputy police chief Superintendent Nuzulan Mohd Din at the site where G. Vijaya Lakshmi, 48, was swallowed by the sinkhole.
On Wednesday morning, a second sink hole emerged about 50m from the first one.
Kuala Lumpur City Hall said ground-penetrating radar scans would be conducted by the Minerals and Geoscience Department as the search and rescue operations entered its seventh day.
It added that the search team's priority was to find the victim as soon as possible.