‘14 deaths in the past month’


  • Nation
  • Monday, 10 Jun 2019

PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P. Way­­tha Moorthy has confirmed that 14 orang asli in Kuala Koh have died in the past one month.

Waytha Moorthy, who visited the affected families yesterday in Gua Musang, Kelantan, said the villagers had confirmed that 13 people died from May 2 to June 7 while one more person was found dead near the mining area yesterday.

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