Human activities blamed for Hulu Langat landslide that killed 16

SHAH ALAM: The cause of the May 21 landslide in Hulu Langat which claimed the lives of 16 people, many of them children, has been attributed to human activities, the Selangor State Assembly sitting was told Monday.

Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment Committee chairman Elizabeth Wong (PKR-Bukit Lanjan) said these included cutting the slope too steep and nothing done to strengthen the slope.