Six bodies from Batang Kali landslide identified

• The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) said their identities were confirmed by next of kin through an identification process or the 'finger printing' test.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): Six of the 21 bodies recovered from the landslide location at the Father’s Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya, near here, on Friday (Dec 16) have been identified as at 7am on Saturday.

The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) said their identities were confirmed by next of kin through an identification process or the 'finger printing' test.

The post-mortem and identification process for the other bodies were still being conducted, it said in a statement on Saturday.

Four of those injured were being treated at Selayang Hospital, one was admitted to Kuala Lumpur Hospital, and three were discharged on Friday after getting treatment at Kuala Kubu Bharu Hospital.

"Information on the latest developments concerning victims of the tragedy will be announced from time to time after being verified by the agencies responsible,” it said.

In the landslide at 2.42am on Friday, a section of a slope measuring 300m long and 70m high came crashing down onto the campsite.

As of Saturday afternoon, 23 people have been confirmed killed in the landslide, 10 are still missing and 61 were rescued.

The dead identified so far:

1 Lim Wei Xin (adult woman)

2 Hong Mei Jing (adult woman)

3 Nurul Azmani (adult woman)

4 Lai Lee Yin (adult woman)

5 Tong Kai (nine-year-old boy)

6 Lai Lee Koo (adult woman)

Victims who were taken to hospitals: