GEORGE TOWN: Bananas sold in Penang now come from neighbouring Perak, Kedah and Thailand after the Moko disease devastated plantations in Balik Pulau.
The disease, which was detected last November, has laid waste to the entire 336ha of banana plantations in the district, and is spreading to the mainland.
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