Showdown – orang asli vs men with guns and chainsaws


Tense situation: An unidentified man (left, circled in red) among the logger group is seen carrying what appears to be a shotgun during the incident at the blockade. Orang asli reported shots were fired during the confrontation.

GUA MUSANG: It was 2.20pm when a group of loggers, accompanied by three men wearing police vests over plainclothes, confronted the orang asli at the barricade.

They claimed to have brought members of media along with them and there were several men toting cameras in the group.

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