PETALING JAYA - Malaysia added a whopping 26,000 hotspots nationwide on landslide watch, on top of the 16,454 existing ones that are closely monitored, especially during this year-end rainy season.

Some RM300mil will also be pumped in to strengthen landslide prevention works. Malaysia is among the top 10 countries in the world with the highest number of landslides in the past decade.