Coffin makers running low on wood as deaths rise

GEORGE TOWN: Casket makers are facing a short supply of wood, causing some of them to produce fewer coffins than usual.Lim Sze Yan, the director of one of the largest coffin manufacturers in Malaysia, said restrictions on logging and sawmill operations had further compounded the problem.

“We are running short of plywood. We only have enough for another two months,” he said.