After having to stop work due to bad weather at 8 pm last night, the search and rescue efforts for the final Batang Kali landslide victim resumed this morning.
The last victim is believed to be an 11-year-old boy, who is the son of the Mun Choong school’s canteen operator.
Yesterday, the search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of a man, a woman, a boy, and a girl. This brings the number of fatalities to 30.
Last Friday, a landslide occurred at the Father’s Organic Farm campsite on Jalan Genting-Batang Kali, which affected 92 people. Sixty one people are confirmed to have survived the disaster.
During a press conference held yesterday afternoon, police confirmed that the number of campers at the site during the tragedy was 92 and not 94 as reported earlier.
Selangor police chief Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed said the new total number of victims was confirmed after reviewing several documents, data, and reports received from various parties, including the families of the victims.
