M'sian Students Scramble Through Window As Roof Collapses

By Ahmad Fuad Yahya JAKARTA, Feb 13 (Bernama) -- Thirty female students, including 11 Malaysians scrambled to safety through the back window of their two-storey house in Grogol, North Jakarta when its front roof collapsed during a heavy downpour on Sunday night. Neighbours came to their rescue by broking the window. One of the Malaysian students, Nor Ubudiah Seti said they took some personal items and documents with them as they scrambled to safety. "We heard a very loud noise from outside the home as if a cement truck had overturned before neighbours shouted to us to leave the house as the front roof had collapsed. "We could not get out of the front door as it was blocked by debris from the collapsed roof and climbed out of the window," said Nor Ubudiah, a fourth-year medical student at Trisakti University here, Sunday. The Malaysian students were putting up with their friends nearby and turned down an arrangement made by Malaysian Education Attache and First Secretary (Education) Ludinata Misnun to house them at the Malaysia Hall. According to the students, the Malaysia Hall located in South Jakarta is very far from Trisakti University in North Jakarta and moreover they would be sitting for an examination this weekend. -- BERNAMA