Batang Kali landslide: Social Welfare Dept offering psychosocial services to victims


PUTRAJAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, through the Social Welfare Department, has stationed psychology officers at the Hulu Yam Baru police station in Selangor to conduct crisis intervention and provide psychological support to victims and their families who are traumatised by the landslide tragedy at the Father’s Organic Farm campsite in Batang Kali, Selangor.

The department said, in a statement Saturday (Dec 17), that it was working closely with hospitals to ensure victims and their families receive the support they need.

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