Police have found the remains of a fifth person killed in a landslide in Kuala Lumpur's up-market northeastern suburbs of Bukit Antarabangsa, more than two weeks after the disaster struck.

It is later confirmed that the remains of the body recovered is that of missing Sri Lankan maid Lourdes Mary.

Selangor state police chief Khalid Abu Bakar told state news agency Bernama late Tuesday that the body was found in a hole under the rubble.

bukit anatarabangsa landslide pdrm aerial photographs 101208 03 The remains were found around 50 metres from a bungalow where Mary worked.

Police said the body was found by a rescue officer called to investigate a stench coming from the rubble where clean-up work was under way.

Close to 1,000 evacuees have yet to be allowed home after the December 6 disaster amid fears of further structural collapses.

The landslide came after days of heavy rains in the area, which is prone to slippages. In 2006 four people were killed and 43 homes destroyed in a nearby suburb.