RTM 1 Midnight News: 12th December 2008 – Parliamentary debate. Lim Kit Siang quoted what Ong Ka Chuan said is equivalent to second Samy Velu. Out of the 4 days since the disaster, he was not seen (only yesterday at the site) came out to give such comment that this is “an act of god”. This is because Ong Ka Chuan has said that “there is no clear evidence of the landslide is man made”. Not only this, he also said that MPAJ has informed him that there has no recent development been going on in Bukit Antarabangsa. Then again, Lim Kit Siang debated that even without the presence of new development, it doesn’t mean that the disaster is not man made.
What I have to say is, the “latest development” that I am aware of or rather the whole residents of Bukit Antarabangsa know is the Siarah Oak Leaf comprising of semi bungalows, sitting on a 30° to 45° slopes (stand to be corrected). On the very same side of the hill where Wangsa 9 is. Such naive statement is a disgrace to the nation when lives have been swept and we have a minister who can just make such sweeping statement. For the last many days since the occurrence of the landslide, we have heard many versions of stories and political debates. What we have not heard is a single word just yet the immediate remedial measures to be taken. We have to stand united to be heard. We are the residents, we live here and we know that the cause of the landslide is purely the negligence of maintenance.
