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KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (Bernama) -- The Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) today issued a stop work order on Daya Tenaga Muda Sdn Bhd, the developer of Taman Zoo View and Ukay Bestari located above Kampung Pasir, Hulu Klang, where a landslide occurred on Wednesday.
MPAJ's President Datuk Ahmad Safii Saidin said the council also established a technical committee to indentify the cause of the 4.45 pm incident with two persons confirmed dead so far and two more missing.
"MPAJ found that the developer failed to complete the retaining wall in time last year, and was only completed last week," he told reporters when met at the scene here Thursday.
Ahmad Safii said the drainage system on the hill also failed to drain out the water and this caused the water to seep into the soil making it soft.
The company also failed to seek advise and views from the Malaysian Public Works Institute (IKRAM) and the Department of Environment (DOE) on the soil conditions there.
MPAJ will come up with a complete report within 10 days and would monitor the development on the hill, he said.
Meanwhile the Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting who visited the scene said the investigating team consist of the Gradient Unit of the Public Works Department, DOE, Geoscience Department, MPAJ's Technical Unit and IKRAM.
"The focus of the investigations is why the retaining wall was not strong enough," he said.
-- BERNAMA
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