The Penang Island City Council has ordered an immediate halt to condominium construction and roadworks on a hillside near the site of a landslide that killed a doctor in Taman Seri Rambai, Paya Terubong, Bernama reported.

Mayor A Rajendran said the stop-work order was issued to facilitate further investigations into the incident.

“The road and condominium projects have been ongoing for more than a year, while slope stabilisation works are also being carried out in the area.

“So far, we have recommended that the occupants of six houses identified as potentially unsafe relocate temporarily to prevent any untoward incidents,” he was quoted as saying at the scene.