Malaysian man found dead, 20 still missing in Philippines building collapse

Philippines: Rescuers were racing on Sunday to free two workers pinned under a building that collapsed in the northern Philippines, killing a Malaysian man and leaving 20 people missing.



The search for survivors continued as night fell, with firemen shining small lights into the rubble for signs of life.



Twenty-six people have been rescued so far after the nine-storey building collapsed in Angeles City, 80km north of the capital Manila.



The disaster also damaged a nearby hotel and killed a 65-year-old Malaysian guest, Mohd Rezal bin Abdullah.



The man, from Malaysia's Sabah state, had managed to communicate with rescuers by phone while pinned under a hotel wall shortly after the collapse at 3.00am on Sunday.



City Mayor Carmelo Lazatin told reporters "almost all of (those inside the collapsed building) were asleep because this happened in the early hours of the morning".