September 8, 2019 2:01 PM
A special report in Britain’s The Guardian yesterday said while the health ministry blamed the deaths of 15 members of the tribe on a measles outbreak, advocates for the Orang Asli were scathing of the claim. The Guardian said it was told by Faizul Nizam Abu Salim, a special officer to the director-general of health, that “investigations and proceedings” were ongoing.
“Based on our research and the pattern of deaths, there was an outside environmental factor of either poisoning by another chemical, another pollutant or an extremely high level of manganese from the mine that was at least partially responsible for this spate of deaths,” he was quoted as saying.“I think the government wants to bury this matter and move on. There should be accountability for these deaths that goes right to the top but I doubt it will ever happen,” he was quoted as saying.
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