Highland Towers (ruins of Block 1), Ulu Klang

Highland Towers was a residential apartment complex of three 12‑storey blocks in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor. On 11 December 1993, Block 1 collapsed after a major landslide triggered by heavy rains and failure of diversion infrastructure; sources record 48 fatalities and the subsequent evacuation of residents of the other two blocks and nearby establishments. The event is recorded in contemporary and retrospective accounts as a major structural disaster in Malaysia's recent history. The supplied sources are journalistic and encyclopedic and emphasize engineering and environmental causes (landslide after heavy rains and burst diversion pipes) rather than supernatural interpretations. The site is often referred to in later coverage as the Highland Towers ruins, but the provided material does not document any paranormal phenomena, named spirits, or folkloric narratives attached to the site. Documentation of ownership changes, legal proceedings, remediation, and the site's present legal or access status is not provided in the supplied notes and remains unconfirmed here. For investigations into any alleged hauntings or urban legends about Highland Towers, the available notes recommend consulting local Malaysian news archives, oral histories from Ulu Klang residents, and social‑media or urban‑legend compilations; such material was not included among the provided sources and therefore is not reported in this entry.