The disappearing hills of Cameron Highlands


Farmers in Blue Valley, Cameron Highlands surveying the damage allegedly caused during the Operation Gading crackdown earlier this year. - Yeo Kai Wen

PETALING JAYA: In June 2014, Singaporean student Yeo Kai Wen went to Cameron Highlands as a tourist.

Disturbed by the rape of the land for its many farms, he returned as a photographer, spending three months with farmers, migrants and flood victims.

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