Were December floods in Selangor partially caused by negligence?


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 06 Jan 2022

THE December 2021 floods in Selangor, especially those that hit Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam, were a national tragedy.

While many argue that it was not a tragedy that could have been avoided, due to Tropical Depression 29W forming and moving over West Malaysia, creating unusually heavy rains, there is also a human factor that made that situation worse.

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