HULU SELANGOR, December 16 – A total of 21 victims of the landslide incident in Batang Kali have been confirmed dead as of 7.10pm on Friday. Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said, so far a total of 12 victims have not been found. The search for the 12 victims who have not yet been found is being actively carried out, we pray that there will be survivors,” he said at a press conference here on Friday.
He said that the police and firemen and all law enforcement agencies have been fully mobilized and led by the Royal Malaysian Police. I, as the chairman of the Central Disaster Authority, will continue to monitor together he explained. Ahmad Zahid also expressed his condolences to the victim’s family. The law enforcement agencies will do their best to continue the operation to find victims with new technological methods and heavy machinery he said.
According to him, the government also requested that no camping activities be carried out in areas near hills and river banks.
