Orang Asli toddler latest victim to succumb to mysterious illness, death toll now at 15

PETALING JAYA: A three-year-old Bateq child from Kampung Kuala Koh died on Sunday (June 16), bringing the death toll of the Orang Asli tribe who have been plagued by a mysterious illness to 15.

Nasri A/L Rosli died at Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II in Kota Baru, Kelantan, said National Unity and Social Well-being Minister P. Waytha Moorthy.