Orang asli consume unsafe water from Tasik Cini

Reaching out: The volunteers from Malaysian Relief Agency giving away food to the Orang asli community in Kampong Cendahan, Tasik Cini, Pekan.

PEKAN: Some 23 Orang Asli people in Kampung Cendehan, Cini, here are consuming dirty water from the Tasik Cini as it is contaminated with the waste since the lake is over flooded.

One of the them, Awang Kassim, 58, said the lake was flooded out of a sudden after Sungai Pahang overflowed its banks because of the current rainy spell.