Asia-Pacific

2 killed, 17 missing in Malaysia's landslide

(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2011-05-21 19:24

KUALA LUMPUR - Two died and five were seriously injured when a landslide destroyed an orphanage at about 2:15 pm local time in Hulu Langat, a district in the southeast part of Selangor, Malaysia.

Rescue team is still trying to retrieve 17 more still trapped inside.

Forty-nine occupants were in the orphanage when the incident happened, local media reported.

A district police officer said heavy rainfall had likely caused the landslide that hit the orphanage in central Selangor state Saturday afternoon.

He said rain was still falling and hampering rescue work, which would last until nightfall.