Seven killed in Malaysia landslide
The landslide late Sunday afternoon buried several houses in a village in the region, which is about 300 kilometres (200 miles) north of the capital Kuala Lumpur.
State-run Bernama news agency said two other people were seriously hurt in the landslide at the Sungai Ruil settlement after a heavy downpour.
The village is occupied by "orang asli", the Malaysian term for the various indigenous tribes that inhabit the predominantly ethnic Malay country.
The Cameron Highlands is a tea plantation region and former British colonial hill station retreat that is popular with tourists.
Malaysia has suffered a series of landslide disasters in recent years.
In May, a landslide hit an orphanage in a rural town just outside Kuala Lumpur, killing 16 people, mostly young boys.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011