The Chemistry Department has denied a non-governmental organisation's claim that it took samples from another river and not from Sungai Lebir, the river that the Orang Asli of the Bateq tribe in Kampung Kuala Koh used as their water source.
“From the analysis, we found no heavy metal or chemical contamination. At the same time, we found E-coli bacteria in the chemical analysis," he told reporters at Felda Aring 10 in Gua Musang today. On Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was reported as saying that the affliction that struck members of the tribe had not been identified but was not due to manganese mining activities.
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