Fighting off the mosquitoes: Lee complains that the drains in Kuala Sepetang are so clogged up that they have become the breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
IN the Belum-Temenggor forest of north Perak, Kampung Air Banum’s village head Tok Batin Abu’s heart aches each time a lorry passes by, laden with fat logs ripped from the forest.
“It is difficult to find the herbs we use as medicine these days because logging has destroyed everything. Now, I have to go very deep into the jungle to try and find the herbs. Soon that too will be gone,” worries the medicine man who uses herbs to help women give birth, and treat diabetes, high blood pressure and a host of other ailments.
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