Batang Kali landslide: Victims

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Batang Kali landslide: Body of 25th victim found (Malaysiakini)

The Search and Rescue (SAR) team found another body at the Father's Organic Farm, Gohtong Jaya near Batang Kali, the site of a tragic landslide, ...

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Batang Kali landslide: Man's body found at ground zero (The Star Online)

HULU SELANGOR: The body of a man has been recovered from ground zero of the Batang Kali landslide.

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Batang Kali landslide: Rescuers find body of 25th victim (Malay Mail)

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — The Search and Rescue (SAR) team found another body at the Father's Organic Farm, Gohtong Jaya near Batang Kali, the site of a tragic ...

The members of the team remain committed and determined to carry out their duties deligently despite the fact that three officers had suffered injuries or were not well and received treatment at the site. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Wan Md Razali Wan Md Ismail said apart from Sector C, the SAR team had also carried out their search at Sector A (Hill View) and Sector B (Farm View). Meanwhile, the ‘Sweeper’ team that has been involved in the SAR was increased from seven yesterday to 28 today, comprising 14 officers and 14 personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department and Armed Forces, as an initiative to double their efforts in the search and rescue operation.

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Batang Kali landslide victims include 29 children (The Edge Markets MY)

Twenty-nine of the 94 victims in the deadly landslide at the Father's Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya, near Batang Kali are children.

The data showed that there were 65 adult victims — 25 in Sector A, nine in Sector B, 17 in Sector C, and 14 campsite workers in Sector D (green house). According to data from the Disaster Operations Control Centre, 17 of the children were located in Sector A (hillview) at the time of the incident, three in Sector B (farm view), and nine in Sector C (riverside). BATANG KALI (Dec 20): Twenty-nine of the 94 victims in the deadly landslide at the Father's Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya, near Batang Kali are children.

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4 radar detectors to help search for Batang Kali landslide victims (New Straits Times Online)

BATANG KALI: Four ground penetrating radar (GPR) detectors were brought to the scene of the tragedy here to help the search-and-rescue (SAR) operation, ...

Of the four devices, one was obtained from Jupem, two from Geoventure Solution and one from the Malaysian Nuclear Agency. "In order to obtain optimal results, the frequency range that can be used by the GPR device is from 100 MHz to 1,000 MHz, but for the case of the landslide at Father's Organic Farm, the frequency used is 500 MHz which can penetrate up to five metres underground," it said in a statement. However, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), based on input from Geoventure Solution Sdn Bhd and the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (Jupem), the accuracy of the GPR was affected by uneven and unstable surfaces and moist soil.

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Body of 26th Batang Kali landslide victim found (The Borneo Post)

Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) in a statement today said the body of a man was found at 11.16am in Sector B (Farmview camp) of the area. The vehicle ...

Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) in a statement today said the body of a man was found at 11.16am in Sector B (Farmview camp) of the area. The vehicle carrying the body was spotted leaving the search area at 11.57am. BATANG KALI (Dec 21): Another body was found at the landslide site at the Father’s Organic Farm here today, bringing the death toll to 26.

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