GUA MUSANG: The bodies of five Orang Asli from the Batek tribe, who are believed to have died of measles, were given a final prayer at Tengku Faez Petra Mosque here before being buried at Kampung Kuala Koh Muslim Cemetery.
Final prayers: Well wishers and religious officers at the 15 dead Orang Asli funeral ceremony conducted at the Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra mosque in Gua Musang. — BernamaThe bodies of five Orang Asli from the Batek tribe, who are believed to have died of measles, were given a final prayer at Tengku Faez Petra Mosque here before being buried at Kampung Kuala Koh Muslim Cemetery.
Earlier, 15 Orang Asli bodies were taken out of the Forensics Room of Gua Musang Hospital at 8.30am to be taken to the mosque for prayers before being brought to Kampung Kuala Koh for burial. The epidemic that hit the Batek tribe for more than one month had killed 15 people from Kampung Kuala Koh while another 112 were infected with measles and receiving treatment at the clinics nearby.
Murtadha told the media after the funeral prayers yesterday that MAIK had been appointed from the start to manage all the bodies from the funeral prayers right up to the burial.
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