November 07, 2009 22:22 PM

Landslide Mud Fill Up Four Houses

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 (Bernama) -- The porch area of four of 14 houses in Jalan JU5/5, Taman Jasa Utama, Batu Caves, near here became filled with mud as high as 20 centimetres after a landslide occurred at a hill slope nearby at 5pm Saturday. However, no one was injured in the incident.

Kamarulfahim Abu Hassan, 35, one of the residents there, said he only became aware of what had happened after being told by a neighbour.

"I was at home then. Fortunately, I was able to move my car to safer ground. However, a car and a motorcyle belonging to other residents were damaged in the incident," he told reporters when met at the scene.

He said this was the third time this year that such an incident happened and blamed it on construction work going on since 2005 at the hill where the mudslide happened. Another resident, Mohd Nor Roshidi Mohd Saffer, 38, said the mudslide caused drains to become blocked and thus the mud overflow.

He said the Selayang Municipal Council had been warned of the danger but no action had been taken.

"We just want the appropriate action to be taken so that there is no repeat of today's incident," he said.

-- BERNAMA

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