GUA MUSANG (Bernama): A police operation to locate the graves of 12 Orang Asli from the Batek tribe, said to have died of pneumonia in Kampung Kuala Koh here over the past month, will begin on Tuesday (June 11).
Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani
He said several Orang Asli headmen would also join in the operation as they were more well-versed in all aspects of the jungle. "As long as the bodies remain unfound, we will not be able to learn the cause of their deaths," he told reporters at the Gua Musang IPD here Monday . Earlier, Acryl Sani went on a helicopter to get obtain aerial view of Kampung Kuala Koh and the river alleged to have been contaminated by mining activities that allegedly led to fatal viral infections among the Orang Asli community.
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