Bamboo fuels future for Temiar villagers in Perak

Tok Batin Ayob points to the bamboo which is collectively harvested by villagers and sold in bulk. — Photos: AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star

THE morning mist had barely lifted, but Muhammad Fuad Abdullah, 69, was already hard at work, chopping down bamboo with his machete as sweat dripped down his forehead.

For the past few months, this riverside grove behind his village of Kampung Orang Asli Pos Raya in Sungai Siput, Perak, has been his regular haunt.