Jakoa: Over 1,000 orang asli stranded by floods in Mersing since Sunday (Jan 2)

MERSING: Over 1,000 Orang Asli residents in five villages here have been stranded by floods since Sunday (Jan 2), according to the Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa).

Mersing Jakoa officer Nor Faizzi Sulaiman said the land routes to Kampung Peta, Kampung Punan and Kampung Tewowoh had been cut off by floodwaters up to 1.5-metre high while the land routes to Kampung Orang Asli Tanah Abang and Kampung Orang Asli Tanjung Tuan had been under 0.3 metres of floodwaters since Tuesday (Jan 4).