GUA MUSANG: Despite a lack of modern amenities and threats from a mysterious illness, the Bateq people at Kampung Kuala Koh are not about to leave their village. Mohamad said he was not sure of the cause but suspected that the Bateq people could have brought it in from Pahang as most of the deceased had come from there. It is learnt that it takes the Bateq people, a semi-nomadic Orang Asli tribe, about three days to walk from the Pahang border to the village in Kuala Koh. Meanwhile, state Health director Dr Zaini Hussin said the department is working with neighbouring states Pahang and Terengganu to determine the source of the illness. The police have also exhumed the grave of Romi Hamdan, a Bateq man in his 20s from the village, who died on May 29.

Source: thestar June 13, 2019 23:25 UTC