Family’s hilltop home offers great view but little else


Idyllic but isolated: The family relies on the sun and oil lamps for lighting and rain for water in Kampung Durian Daun Barat in Alor Gajah.

ALOR GAJAH: One family from Kampung Durian Daun Barat here has been living the “primitive” way for the past two decades without electricity and water supply – all because of where they live.

Odd-job worker Mohamad Md Diah, 49, lives in a typical village house with his wife Nuraini Ramli, 48, and son Muhd Aniq Haikal, 17, except that their plot of land is situated 800m above sea level.

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