KUALA LUMPUR: The full report on the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide on Dec 6 last year has not been made public.

At 11am yesterday, a notice was put up at the lobby of the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) stating that the report would not be released until the Public Works Department director-general or the minister of works approves the report’s declassification as specified under the Official Secrets’ Act (OSA) 1972.

The notice was issued by the president of MPAJ.

MPAJ director of corporate planning Norziatulshima Tajuddin told theedgeproperty.com that the municipal council had yet to receive any instruction on the release of the report. She said no date had been set for the report’s release.

“So far, there were not many enquiries from the public on the report. The report is tentatively priced at RM80. Members of the public can register themselves at Menara MPAJ’s counter on the 4th floor and they will be notified once the report is released,” she added.

On Nov 18, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim released to the media a summary of the report in which a special technical committee formed to investigate the landslide had stated leakage in active water supply pipes running down the length of a row of abandoned houses as the main cause of the tragedy that claimed five lives.

The report has been classified but Khalid said he was declassifying it, adding that the full report would be made available for a fee at MPAJ from Nov 23.

“The federal government has since challenged the decision and cautioned the state not to declassify the documents instead,” Khalid said in a statement yesterday.

“We call on the federal government to allow the release of the report as its contents are crucial to public discourse to speed up the establishment of regulations for slope development in Bukit Antarabangsa and other parts of Selangor.”