The landslides that occurred along the New Klang Val-
ley Express Highways (NKVE) Region in the year 2003
have alerted the highway authorities and other governmen-
tal organizations towards the seriousness of landslide man-
agement and prevention. The October 2002 landslide in
Kuala Lumpur which completely destroyed few houses
and killed six members of a family is still in the public’s
memory. Landslides in Malaysia are mainly triggered by
tropical rainfall and flash floods causing failure of the rock
surface along fracture, joint and cleavage planes. The geol-
ogy of the country is quite stable but continuous develop-
ment and urbanization lead to deforestation and erosion of
the covering soil layers thus causing serious threats to the
slopes