Batang Kali landslide: Selangor state govt hands out RM5,000 cash aid to victims next of kin

Selangor rural development, village traditions, Malay customs, culture and heritage committee chairman Borhan Aman Shah (second from right) handing over the cash aid to David Ling, who lost his wife in the Batang Kali landslide last year. - Photo: YAP CHEE HONG / The Star

THE Selangor state government distributed RM5,000 cash aid each for the families of Batang Kali landslide victims that died in the tragedy on Dec 16, last year.

The predawn landslide had struck a campsite within the grounds of an organic farm, killing 31 people while 61 others survived.