BAKUN: The deaths of 13 Penan children and an adult in a measles outbreak in Sungai Urun, Belaga district, recently, “should not have happened at all”, said an elected representative.
Ulu Rejang MP Billy Abit Joo said the loss of lives was tragic because no one should die from measles nowadays in a country like Malaysia, not even native groups living in the deep interior.
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