The landslide in Kampung Raja, Blue Valley at Cameron Highlands, occurred in the Sungai Wi D Forest Reserve area, which was illegally cleared by a vegetable farm operator last year, despite facing enforcement actions.

Cameron Highlands district officer Syed Ahmad Khirulanwar Al-Yahya Syed Abdul Rahman said the local farm owner was arrested during an enforcement operation by the Pahang Forestry Department last April.

“The settler applied for a forest land use permit, but the Forestry Department...