POLICE have recorded statements from 53 individuals in a probe into the landslide that hit the Father’s Organic Farm campsite, Gohtong Jaya near Batang Kali last Friday.

Selangor police chief Arjunaidi Mohamed said apart from the operator of the campsite and two of his employees, police had also recorded statements from the survivors and their families.

“More individuals will be called up to assist in the investigation,” he said after officiating at the Semenyih police station today.

Arjunaidi said the case was being investigated under sections 304(A) and 290 of the penal code and section 7 of the Local Government Act 1976.

He said police had set up a special team, which was mobilised to the Sungai Buloh Hospital to help channel information related to the tragedy to the victims’ families.

Previously, Hulu Selangor district police chief Suffian Abdullah was reported to have said that on Saturday, police had summoned three individuals – the operator of the campsite and two of his employees – to assist in the investigations.

In the incident at about 2.42am, a landslide measuring nearly 300m long and 70m high hit the campsite located along Jalan Genting-Batang Kali.

The landslide has so far claimed 24 lives with nine victims still missing, while 61 of the 94 victims were rescued. – Bernama, December 20, 2022.