KOTA BARU: The Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) has described the sudden mass deaths among the orang asli community from the Batek tribe in K...
The remains of five orang asli from the Batek tribe being buried at Tanah Perkuburan Islam Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang on June 23, 2019. — BBX: The Orang Asli Development Department has described the sudden mass deaths among the orang asli community from the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, as an unprecedented occurrence.
He said the process of burying the bodies of the 15 people who died due to a measles outbreak took almost an hour, and it would always be remembered by the orang asli. “After this incident, we also find that there is greater awareness among the orang asli community about diseases, especially infectious ones such as measles,“ he said when contacted today.
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