Landslide details cannot be made public

Landslide details cannot be made public

25/11/2009 The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor government cannot announce the details of the report on the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide tragedy following its failure to get the secret classification on it changed by the Works Ministry.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the ministry informed him yesterday that the details could not be revealed as the Cabinet had classifed the documents on them as secret.

He said this in a statement to the media here on Monday night.

Khalid, prior to this, had said details on the tragedy was to be revealed to the public yesterday.

Five people lost their lives after a massive landslide buried their homes in Taman Bukit Mewah, Bukit Antarabangsa near Kuala Lumpur on Dec 6 last year. — Bernama