Environment violation in Kundasa

Kundasang has a sensitive, fragile and complex geological system.
May 7, 2011, Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, the minister of Natural Resources and Environment Ministry announced submitting a proposal to the Sabah Government to address the frequent landslide occurrence in Kundasang.

The proposal includes immediate, medium and long-term solutions in managing landslide threats in Ranau District.

Landslides in Kundasang Lama recently resulted 22 houses damaged in a progressive landslide that occurred on April 9 to April 14, 2011.
Forcing 100 people from 36 families to evacuate their homes. The landslip also destroyed some chalets at the Zen Garden Resort sending the rest of the structures now precariously hanging from a collapsed slope tumbling downhill.

South East Asia Disaster Programme Research Institute (SEADPRI) and the Department of Mineral and Geosciences Malaysia confirmed that Kundasang has a sensitive, fragile and complex geological system.

The above two institutes found that the entire district of Kundasang is exposed to minor earthquake tremors and continuous translational movement of soils, which contribute to the frequent landslide in the area.
Study found that slopes in Kundasang, which is divided into eight geological sectors based on its soil movements, registered an average of 0.5 meters in translational soil movement a year.

About 70 percent of the 50 sq km surrounding Kundasang Town has also been identified as high-risk areas


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