KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Heavy rain is believed to have caused a 30-metre landslip at a slope near the Taman Cheras Mas Apartments here this afternoon.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail said a team from the Bandar Tun Hussein Onn fire station was dispatched to the location of the incident after receiving a distress call at 4.35pm.
“Observation was to ensure that there was no risk to the public and to cordon off the area to stop the public from entering,” he said in a statement tonight, adding that the landslip occurred between 30 and 45 metres from the apartments.
No casualties were reported, and the case was handed over to the local authorities for further action, he said.
Apartment resident, Yong Ah Kew, 65, meanwhile described the incident as “more serious” than a similar incident in June.
“The landslip occurred twice, at 2am and 5am. I was woken up by a loud noise and the sound of falling rocks,” he said at the site of the incident tonight.
Fellow resident, Lim Cheng San, 64, said he only learnt of the incident at around 7am when he went out to buy breakfast.
Lim, who is a leader of an apartment block, said that a small landslip had happened before and residents had filed complaints with the Kajang Municipal Council.
“Many children often play near where the landslip occurred in the evenings and I’m glad that it did cause any loss of life,” he said.
— Bernama
