JASIN: The government is trying to determine the actual cause of deaths of members of the Batek tribe in Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, Kelantan that ...
: The government is trying to determine the actual cause of deaths of members of the Batek tribe in Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, Kelantan that occurred between May and last week.
“Yes, we are looking for the reason why there are so many deaths. There may be an infection of one type of disease but at this time we do not know what type of disease has caused their deaths,“ he told a media conference here today. 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.
On another matter, Mahathir said civil servants had to confirm their participation in a political party and could participate in politics but they were not allowed to become party leaders.
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