Kelantan govt denies Orang Asli pneumonia cases linked to mining
Kelantan Deputy Menteri Besar Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah says the state government is checking to see if it has approved any mining activities near the Orang Asli settlement. – YouTube pic, June 10, 2019.
THE Kelantan government today denied claims that the spread of pneumonia among the Batek tribe of the Orang Asli community in Kg Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, was due to mining activities. Kelantan Deputy Menteri Besar Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said reports from the Kelantan Health Department showed that pneumonia is an airborne disease, and not due to water.
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