The dust has still not settled on this tragedy and it seems the Army is not happy at accusations that their people were involved in some incidents as mentioned in this malaysiakini article 'Bukan ucapan terima kasih...'.There is a more disturbing letter in the NST that Agencies did not act fast enough.
Bukit Antarabangsa is not in some remote jungle area but just within 8 miles of the capital city and it is indeed shocking that there is so little coordination from the authorities. Is there no defined chain of command for such disasters?
We have spent many million ringgit on equipment and training for such events and yet when it happens, security is lacking.
What is disturbing from the letter is that
" Within 48 hours, several homes in residential areas adjacent to TBU, where there was minimal or no coordination among the residents, were broken into."
I believe with better coordination, a security perimeter could have been set up to ensure outsiders are prevented from entering the disaster zone and a reasonable response time would be three hours after the report.
It's probably no use to seek an official inquiry as we all know what happened to the IPCMC.
If you want to see the area before the landslide, go to the Google Map of KL and you can see the row of houses that seem to be abandoned as the trees are too dense and there is no road for the houses.
(Set the map to max minus 3markings and use hybrid to see the road names plus the terrain; any larger setting and you get only the terrain)
Use the Impian Selatan Condo (in photo)to get your bearings.
Photo: thanks to http://all4one4all.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/news-at-ground-zero-bukit-antarabangsa/
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