Destruction of PJ's Historical Landmark [UPDATED]

Jaya Supermarket

Some of you might not even have heard about this place. But to me, this place brings back old and sweet memories. My family used to visit this shopping complex once every week, before the appearance of mega shopping complexes such as Midvalley, Sunway Pyramind, 1 Utama and etc. Not only memories with families, i usually go to Jaya Supermarket when I skipped classes during secondary school or even hang out at Jaya Supermarket after classes has ended! Its sad that they are tearing down the place that I have so much fond memories in. Not only that, they are doing it the wrong way with live lost as so on...My childhood memories are now tainted with blood and suffering..=( My childhood memories will go down and be buried in the land Jaya Supermarket once stood! But it will never end there, the memories will forever be brought with me whenever I go, not gonna lie, it has impacted me in such a way that my life would have been different without Jaya Supermarket.

Haha..yea yea..Live long and prosper!

Singing out!

Below is the report of current events at Jaya Supermarket! Citated from Malaysiakini.

Two killed as Jaya supermarket 'collapses'

May 28, 09 6:59pm

A portion of the building where the iconic Jaya Supermarket in Petaling Jaya once stood collapsed this evening when demolition work went awry, killing two workers. MCPX The duo were among nine Indonesian workers who were trapped in the rubble. Two others were rescued and sent to Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. According to Petaling Jaya district police chief Arjunaidi Mohamad, all the nine victims were on the ground floor of the four-storey building at the time of the incident. Bernama reported that the search and rescue team had identified the location of the five workers still trapped, and at 11.30pm, was still trying to get them out of the rubble. Arjunaidi said 30 Fire and Rescue Department personnel, 30 Civil Defence personnel, 15 Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) personnel and 50 police as well as Rela personnel are involved in the operations. The first dead victim, known as Maskor, 28, was brought out of the rubble at about 6.50pm and the second who was still unidentified, at 10.20pm. Arjunaidi said firemen used a skylift to assess the safety level of the affected building before the search and rescue team could enter it. The road in front of the collapsed building was closed to traffic to facilitate the search and rescue operation. Overloading could be the cause UMMC deputy director Prof Dr Jamiyah Hassan said the injured victims were Maskor's brother Suryano, 32, and Sale, 48. They are in stable condition. Jamiyah said 45 paramedics from three hospitals - UMMC, Sungai Buloh Hospital and Kuala Lumpur Hospital - were at the scene of the incident to provide medical assistance. Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Lajim Ukin said initial investigation indicated that the structure might have collapsed due to overloading as heavy machinery were used in the demolition work. Eyewitness Syed Mohammad Aidid Syed Ahmad Aidid said he heard a loud roar like that of thunder while driving past the area. "I saw dust rising in the air and pieces of stone came crashing down on my car like a hailstorm," he told Bernama. Syed Mohammad Aidid, 41, said he had just left the nearby Digital Mall to go to his office at Phileo Damansara when the Jaya Supermarket building collapsed. "I saw in front of me several cars but they managed to escape. I just floored the accelerator but some of the rubble hit my car and dented it. "I was shaken with fear and prayed that I would be out of harm's way," he said. Earlier, a news report stated that "the building was teetering dangerously, with bits and pieces still falling off." It was also reported that the police and Fire and Rescue Department were contemplating whether residents in nearby houses should be evacuated.