The same Kuala Koh villagers were healthy before state gov't took their land away, says Colin Nicholas.
of 14 Bateq villagers since early May in Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang comes as no surprise to longtime activist Colin Nicholas.
"But their land has been taken away, in this case by the Kelantan state government. And their resource base has been destroyed." "With their resistance being low, many diseases – whether it's pneumonia or tuberculosis, or even diarrhoea – can be fatal." Earlier today, the Kelantan Health Department announced that the Kuala Koh Orang Asli village would be"From the pattern , we look at it as a respiratory infection and that it would spread fast.
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