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KUALA LUMPUR – At least 13 people have been found dead with around 25 others feared trapped in a landslide in Malaysia on Friday, the country’s health minister said. Around 60 victims have been rescued as at 10.40am with seven others injured, Malaysia’s National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) said, from the campsite at Father’s Organic Farm at Batang Kali, on the outskirts of capital Kuala Lumpur.
At least 13 people were found dead, Malaysia’s health minister Zaliha Mustafa said when visiting some victims receiving treatment at Hospital Selayang in Selangor. Among those confirmed dead were one boy, six women and one man, Malaysian police said.
Around 94 victims in total were affected, with all of them local residents including workers at the campsite, Hulu Selangor district police chief Suffian Abdullah said.
Those rescued have been sent to a police station in Selangor, with three Singaporeans among those saved, according to Malaysian daily China Press.
The campsite is located on Jalan Genting, Gohtong Jaya, less than 15km away from Genting Highlands. He added he plans to make a visit to the location of the accident at night.
Other ministers in Mr Anwar’s Cabinet have also said they will visit the site.
Selangor’s Fire and Rescue Department director Norazam Khamis said the distress call was received at 2.24am before rescue teams began operations.
According to initial reports of the operation commander, the height of the ruins is estimated at 30m, he said.
“The landslide is about one acre wide and fell onto the campsite,” Mr Norazam said when contacted on Friday.
He added that personnel from multiple fire stations, as well as the Special Tactical Operation and Rescue Team (STORM) have also been deployed to the site for ongoing search and rescue operations.
Malaysian Works Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi on Thursday said the ministry is closely monitoring federal roads prone to high-risk flooding that can lead to slope failures in the current wet season.
He said the ministry is working with agencies including the Mineral and Geoscience Department Malaysia, Nadma and other relevant bodies as landslides are natural disasters under their purview.
Around 1,045 slopes have been identified as “very high risk”, said Malaysia’s Public Works Department (JKR) on Thursday, adding that “Pahang, Perak, Kelantan and Selangor have been identified as the states with the most number of hotspots for slope failures”.
JKR said it is available to mobilise anytime to ensure appropriate precautions, such as warning signage and traffic management, are taken.
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