It was a sombre end of the year where tears flowed at the Mun Choong Chinese Primary School in Kuala Lumpur on Friday during a memorial to honour the victims of the recent Batang Kali landslide, reports CNA.

11 of the 31 Batang Kali victims are from the school and they died in the tragedy which occurred at the Father’s Organic Farm in the early hours of the morning on Dec 16.

Of the 11 victims – six were teachers, three were students, while the other two were the canteen operator and his staff.

Sombre End of The Year

The school’s Parent-Teacher Association head U Chin Ong said, “We feel pain, but no matter what, we have to move on. Life has to go on. After today, we can hopefully put the past behind and look forward. That’s the only thing we can do,” he said, adding that they needed time to get past the tragedy.”