Pneumonia case: Ministry to probe alleged water pollution in Orang Asli community
09 June 2019
Its Deputy Minister Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji said thorough investigation would be carried out to identify the cause behind the spread of bacterial infections that affected the Orang Asli community that resulted in fatalities. “We have been conducting visits to review all the issues raised by the community today,” he said after a visit to the settlement of the Batek tribe of the Orang Asli community here.
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