Hulu Selangor police chief Suffian Abdullah said the body of the boy, aged between seven and 12, was found face down on the hillside, about four metres from the campsite in sector A (hillview).

The body was fully clothed but had started to decompose, he said, adding that it was taken to Sungai Buloh Hospital for a post-mortem.

“The search and rescue (SAR) operation, which entered its ninth day today, will continue for inspection and investigations to proceed at the site and ensure that the area is really safe.

“If there is no latest development, we will announce the status of the operation tomorrow,” he told a press conference here.

Meanwhile, Selangor fire and rescue department deputy director Wan Md Razali Md Wan Ismail said the last victim was found after being manually dug up by rescue personnel who detected the flow of liquid, believed to be from the body.

He said in total, 20 bodies were found in Sector A, one in Sector B (the farm view camp) and 10 in Sector C (riverside).

A Bernama check at the incident area control centre (PKTK) at 7.20 tonight found that SAR personnel had entered the search location to clean up the area.

The landslide that struck at 2.42am on Dec 16 claimed 31 lives, with 61 people rescued.

The SAR operation involved the cooperation of 250 personnel from five main agencies — the police, the armed forces, fire department, the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART), and the Civil Defence Force.