Dr M: Govt trying to ascertain actual cause of Orang Asli deaths in Kelantan
10 June 2019
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said their deaths may be due to a disease but the disease has yet to be identified. Yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator P. Waytha Moorthy was reported to have said that 14 Batek tribe members in Kuala Koh, Gua Musang have died in the past one month, including two confirmed due to pneumonia.
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