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Tanjung Bungah landslide: ‘DOE rejected developer’s application’

The Star 23 October 2017 Malaysia Tanjung Bungah

PETALING JAYA: The developer’s application to build a residential project at the site of a massive landslide that took the lives of nine construction workers was rejected by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry as it was located near a quarry site.

“The development site is located right next to Teik Granite Quarry, a permanent granite quarry that started operations in 1960,” the ministry said in a statement yesterday.

The ministry said it received a planning permission application from the developer on Jan 9, 2015 and the Department of Environment rejected it on Jan 23 the same year.