2011 Hulu Langat landslide

2011 Hulu Langat landslide

Date	May 21, 2011
Time	2:20 pm UTC+8 MST
Location	Batu 14, Jalan Cheras, Hulu Langat, Selangor
Cause	Landslide caused by continuous rainfall
Deaths	16
Non-fatal injuries	9

The 2011 Hulu Langat landslide was a landslide that occurred on 21 May 2011, in Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. 16 people—15 children and a caretaker of an orphanage—were killed in the landslide which was caused by heavy rains at the Children's Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage in Kampung Sosrowijayan (FELCRA Semungkis), Hulu Langat, Selangor, southeast of Kuala Lumpur. The landslide occurred at about 2:30 pm MST.

Causes of landslides

The Children's Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage is located at Jalan Sungai Semungkis, Kampung Sosrowijayan (FELCRA Semungkis), Hulu Langat, Selangor, a hilly rural area vulnerable to landslides. According to the Minister of Women, Family and Community when asked about this incident, Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, the orphanage was not registered under any agency under the Ministry or any other ministry. The landslide occurred at 2:20 pm MST, and so far reported only orphanage is an important building that was buried by a landslide.

The search and rescue efforts commence at 2.45 pm, 25 minutes after the landslide occurred. During this operation, found a total of 16 orphans and guardians who died and nine survived with injuries. The rescue operation ended after the last victim removed from the scene at 5:30 am the following day. follow-up operation started at 8 am, 22 May, to explore locations around the ruins of tragedy and cleaning of waste to ensure that no more victims are trapped. The search and rescue operations conducted by 754 members of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department, Malaysian Civil Defence Department, the Malaysian Search and Rescue Team (SMART), Fourth Division of Malaysian Army, General Operations Force (GOF) (Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA)) and St. John Ambulance. The work is relatively easy to find because the location of the victim close to each other.

The landslide was due to the house was located too near to a steep cut-slope. During the landslide, most of the children were having an event under a temporary canopy setup under the slope, many of them were trapped under the canopy when the landslide mass came down. The heavy and prolonged rain since several days ago and disturbance on the up-slope also attributed to the occurrence of the tragedy.

List of victims

List of 16 deaths

1. Mohd Kamarul Amizan, 11
2. Nurahimi Rosdi, 14
3. Dzahir Haziq M. Muin, 11
4. Ahmad Lokman Hakim, 11
5. Farid Ibrahim, 34 (caretaker of an orphanage)
6. Mohd Azret Azahari, 8
7. Wan Ahmad Hasril Hazim, 11
8. Zahid Assawal Zamri, 19
9. Mohd Mustakim Mamat, 12
10. Mohd Naerzein M. Nor, 8
11. Mohd Aiman Abdullah, 10
12. Shahrul Nurimran Adnan, 9
13. Mohd Zaid Azahari, 14
14. Mohd Imal Fahad, 9
15. Mohd Riezman Abdul Latif, 9
16. Mohd Hazim Sapri, 10

List of nine survivors

1. barkha thora, 12
2. Mohd Allaudin Sobri, 14
3. Mohd Syatiq Ibrahim, 21
4. Khairul Anuar Nasri, 9
5. Mohd Harris Izuddin Sahrul, 11
6. Zulkhairi Aminuddin, 13
7. Izzuddin Abdullah, 30 (caretaker of an orphanage)
8. Izuan Zakaria, 33 (caretaker of an orphanage)
9. Mohd Akmal Mohd Jefri, 10