COMMENT | So it was an Act of God. Again. How many times have we heard this excuse for disasters?

The deadly landslide at Batang Kali, Selangor, in December 2022 was recently blamed on “heavy and persistent rainfall” and not human negligence.

This is according to “forensic analysis” of the incident, said Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who chairs the Central Disaster Management Committee.

Though he didn’t use those words, Zahid is basically saying that...