Landslide in Tg. Bungah, @VellPaari calls @cmlimguaneng to be held accountable #Negaraku #Malaysia #Penang #Failed

*Two deaths, possibly many more in Tanjung Bungah landslide shows the gross negligence  of the Penang State Government*

1. I refer to a recent deadly incident in Tanjung Bungah, Penang where two (2) construction workers have been confirmed dead and nearly fourteen (14) others are still buried under the landslide when thousands of tons of laterite earth slid down from a cut slope about 10m high.

Source : http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/10/21/tanjung-bungah-landslide-14-buried-two-dead/#EkpQoheIVZRXJvQL.99

2. What is most shocking of this deadly incident is the irresponsibility and negligence  of the Penang state government to stop all hill-top development and land clearing at sensitive areas around the Penang Island. The dangers of hill top development has been highlighted to the state government many times but no action was taken. 

3.  In fact Tanjung Bungah Residents Association chairman Meenakshi Raman has also confirmed that whenever civil liberties groups comment on the state’s hillslope developments, the Penang government would brush them aside, calling them “irrational.” 

Source : https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/10/293345/set-rci-probe-deadly-landslide-demands-tanjung-bungah-ra

4. To add salt to the wounds, the Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang (MBPP) confirmed that they do not know what had caused the landslide to occur but what they know is that it cannot be due to wet weather since it has not been raining for days on the island. Now this in itself is alarming that if without rain landslide can occur, how about the other buildings and high rise condos in the vicinity, are they safe?

 5. I call upon the state government to buck up and not gamble with the lives of the people of Penang. The state government must immediately issue stop work order to all hillslope developments and ensure that the safety of these construction sites are not compromised. The second action that the state government must do is to engage an independent third party to verify that all existing buildings around Tanjung Bungah hill-side are safe. I am sure the Penang state government does not want another Highland Tower incident in the state.

6. Finally, i call upon Lim Guan Eng to accept responsibility and be held accountable as because due to his sheer negligence and ignorance we have two (2) people confirmed killed and maybe many others once the landslide area has been cleared. Just imagine what could have happened if this project had been completed and people were to moved in and finally the building were to collapse. The death toll would have been in the thousands.

7. Action must be taken. Maybe the Chief Minister and the Penang State Government do not care or value the life’s of Penangites but I do care and will not turn a blind eye

Thank You.

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