At least five people have been killed and 60 others are missing following a mudslide at a tea plantation on Indonesia's main island of Java.
No heavy earth-moving equipment was available in the area, so villagers were digging through tons of dislodged mud with farm tools and their bare hands in a search for survivors, police Chief Lt Col Imron Yunus said.
The landslide occurred at a tea plantation near the mountainous village of Tenjoljaya in the Ciwidey district after days of heavy rain, he said.
Mr Yunus said more than 60 people remained under the mud and debris, which covered at least 50 houses near the Perkebunan Teh Dewata tea plantation.
He said five bodies had been pulled from the mud.
AP
