Batang Kali landslide: Grandmother claims remains of a family of four

SUNGAI BULOH: The bodies of a family of four of the Batang Kali landslide victims were identified and claimed by the grandmother, visibly shaken from the ordeal.

Beh Su Lee, 59, from Sabak Bernam, was wailing as she walked out, supported by relatives out of the Sungai Buloh Hospital mortuary.

Speaking to reporters after having calmed down a bit, Beh, in her tears said that she had come to identify the fourth member of the family, which included two young children.

"I identified three bodies yesterday (Dec 17) and today (Dec 18) I identified one more.

"My daughter and son in law are in their 30s. My grandchild is six years old," said a distraught Beh, as she was slowly coaxed by relatives to walk away to a waiting car.

It is not known how old the other grandchild was.

It is also not known if the family were part of the teachers' group from SJKC Mun Choong, which went camping before the tragedy struck in the wee hours of Friday morning.

The fatal landslide at Father's Organic Farm at Jalan Batang Kali near Gohtong Jaya has so far claimed 24 lives. Another nine are still missing. Sixty one survived the landslide.

Search and rescue work is still ongoing.