Deadly Malaysia landslide ’caused by heavy rain, not human activity’

A Malaysian government investigation has concluded that a landslide which killed 31 people at an unlicensed campsite in 2022 was caused by persistent heavy rain, not human activity (Korporat JBPM/AP)

A landslide that killed 31 people, including 13 children, at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia last year was caused by persistent heavy rain, not human activity, a government investigation has concluded.

Ninety-two people were sleeping at the site on an organic farm in Batang Kali in central Selangor state when soil and debris crashed down from a road about 100ft (30m) above and covered about three acres (one hectare) of land last December.