Sandakan water supply so bad funeral rites being affected, claims Sekong rep


Alias showing a photo of Sandakan residents carrying pails of water into their home for a funeral rite of washing the deceased’s remains.

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah assemblyman says that the water supply problem in the Sandakan district is so bad that even funeral rites are being affected.

Alias Sani (Warisan-Sekong) said he came across a case where some people in Batu Sapi had to carry in water from outside their house because there was no supply.

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