Thirty-one people were killed in the 2.30 am landslide but 61 survived after tonnes of earth came crashing down on the farm campsite. theSun thesundaily BatangKali SMART landslide secondworstdisaster
: The landslide at the Father’s Organic Farm in Batang Kali, near here, on Dec 16 is Malaysia’s second worst disaster in terms of fatalities, after the Highland Towers condominium collapse in 1992 which claimed 48 lives, according to the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team .
SMART commander Mohd Khairul Jamil said he was shocked by the number of victims in the landslide when they received an emergency call in the wee hours of that day. Meanwhile, Mohamad Hafiezul said his team’s task at the incident location was to give assistance in terms of expertise and advice to ensure search and rescue works could be carried out more effectively.
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