Batang Kali landslide: Cops record statements from 53 in probe

SEMENYIH: Police have recorded statements from 53 individuals in their investigation into the landslide that hit the Father’s Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya near Batang Kali on Friday (Dec 16).

Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed said apart from the operator of the campsite and two of his employees, the police had also recorded statements from the survivors and their families.

"...more individuals will be called up to assist in the investigation,” he said after officiating at the Semenyih police station, here Tuesday (Dec 20).

Arjunaidi said the case was being investigated under Section 304 (A) and Section 290 of the Penal Code and Section 7 of the Local Government Act 1976.

He said the police had set up a special team that was mobilised to the Sungai Buloh Hospital to help channel information related to the tragedy to the victims’ families.

Previously, Hulu Selangor OCPD Supt Suffian Abdullah was reported to have said that on Saturday (Dec 17), the police had summoned three individuals, namely the operator of the campsite and two of his employees to assist in the investigations.

In the incident at about 2.42am on Friday, a landslide measuring nearly 300m long and 70m high hit the campsite located along Jalan Genting-Batang Kali.

The landslide has so far claimed 24 lives with nine victims still missing, while 61 of the 94 victims were rescued. - Bernama