Tribe needs help to adapt


Photos By ZAZALI MUSA

The run-down floating jetty at Kampung Bakar Batu Perling in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: The Orang Seletar or Orang Laut tribe in Kampung Bakar Batu Perling near here are hoping that the Johor government will not neglect their well-being.

Village head Tok Batin Kais Tee, 56, said their livelihood had been affected, with less catch from the sea since a land reclamation project barely two kilometres from their village started about a decade ago.

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