Putrajaya has no plans to form a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the recent Batang Kali landslide, which has been said to be the second deadliest disaster in Malaysia.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions) Armizan Ali said there was no need to form an RCI for this matter.

“(This is because) the technical departments under the National Slope Management Inter-Agency Committee is able to carry out a thorough forensic investigation to identify the reason...