KUALA LUMPUR – Opposition lawmakers in Penang will table a motion in the next legislative assembly sitting in November to stop all hill slope development projects in the state.
Malaysiakini reported state Opposition leader Datuk Jahara Hamid saying the motion aims to halt any project until the release of a full inquiry report.
“We hope the state assembly will not block the motion,” she was quoted saying, adding that written questions on the disaster have also been submitted to the state assembly.
Jahara spoke to the media after visiting the landslide site in Tanjung Bungah, together with Umno’s Pulau Betong assemblyman Muhammad Farid Saad.
Seven bodies have been found so far from the 11 workers who were trapped by the landslide when the hill slope next to their construction site collapsed at 8.30am yesterday.
The construction is for the Granito@Permai affordable housing project at Jalan Lembah Permai.
The development consists of a 49-storey building with two towers and 12 levels of car parks. It has 980 units for sale at below RM400,000 and was listed as an affordable housing project.
The cause of the landslide is not immediately known, but the island has experienced repeated flash floods in recent months.
– Malay mail
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