Johor coastal villagers’ anxiety level rises with each passing year


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 04 Feb 2015

BATU PAHAT: When Mohd Izwan Rusli was a child, the Malacca Straits would overflow and flood villages near here once each year.

Today, the 26-year-old orang asli fisherman sees the sea creep up to coastal homes at least twice every month.

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