Rescue teams in Malaysia uncovers body of the last person unaccounted for after a landslide that flattened a campsite last week, bringing the final death toll to 31
Rescue teams in Malaysia have recovered the body of the last person unaccounted for after a landslide that flattened a campsite last week, bringing what is thought to be the final death toll to 31.
The landslide occurred in the early hours of December 15 at Batang Kali, a popular hilly area about 50km north of Kuala Lumpur, while campers were asleep in their tents, tearing down a hillside and into an organic farm that officials said was not licensed to operate as a campsite.Rescue workers, in their ninth day of search operations, found the body of a boy in a sleeping bag while digging through mud and debris, Hulu Selangor police chief Suffian Abdullah said.
Suffian said they believe all victims have now been found, but search operations will continue to assist in investigations. Initial investigations found that the earth fell from an estimated height of 30 metres and covered an area of about eight acres. Landslides are common in Malaysia but typically only after heavy rain. Flooding occurs often, with more than 72,000 people displaced so far this year by torrential rain nationwide.
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