Coming up for air

Murky waters: Anglers who head to this spot in Kampung Labohan Dagang, Banting fear that pollution will affect their catch. — FAIHAN GHAN/The Star

BOATMAN Mohd Zambri Salleh, 42, regularly ferries anglers for fishing trips along Sungai Langat.

Early this year, he noticed that freshwater prawns in the river in Banting, Selangor were migrating to the riverbank en masse, to the extent that one could simply scoop them up by hand.