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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

LIST OF MAJOR LANDSLIDE EVENTS IN MALAYSIA - 1993 TO 2008

21 October 1993 The man-made Pantai Remis landslide caused a new cove to be formed in the coastline.
• 11 December 1993 - 48 people were killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapsed at Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor.
• 30 June 1995 - 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road near Karak Highway.
• 6 January 1996 - A landslide in the North-South Expressway (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
• 29 August 1996 - A mudflow near Pos Dipang Orang Asli settlement in Kampar, Perak, 44 people were killied in this tragedy.
• 15 May 1999 - A landslide near Bukit Antarabangsa, Ulu Klang, Selangor. Most of the Bukit Antarabangsa civilians were trapped.
• 20 November 2002 - The bungalow of the Affin Bank chairman General (RtD) Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapse causing landslide in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor.
• December 2003 - A rockfall in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) near the Bukit Lanjan interchange caused the expressway to close for more than six months.
• 31 May 2006 - Four persons were killed in the landslides at Kampung Pasir, Ulu Klang, Selangor.
• 26 December 2007 – Two villagers were buried alive in a major landslide, which destroyed nine wooden houses in Lorong 1, Kampung Baru Cina, Kapit, Sarawak.
• 17 January 2008 - Two foreign workers were killed after they were buried in a landslide while working at a plantation in Cameron Highlands.
• 17 October 2008 - Two Indonesians were killed after they were buried alive by tonnes of sand in a landslide in Ganesan Quarry, Hulu Langat near Kajang, Selangor.
• 19 October 2008 - Four families evacuated from houses along the banks of Sungai Kayu Ara in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, after landslide there.
• 22 October 2008 - Tonnes of earth came crashing down a hill onto the grounds of the Taman Terubong Jaya apartments in Butterworth where over 1,000 residents were staying.
• 30 November 2008 - Two sisters were buried alive when a landslide hit their bungalow in Ulu Yam Perdana near Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor.
• 4 December 2008 - 300 people were forced to evacuate two buildings when a landslide caused part of the retaining wall of a car park to collapse in Jalan Semantan, Kuala Lumpur.
• 6 December 2008 - 4 dead and 15 people injured in a major landslide at Bukit Antarabangsa that buried numerous homes in the area