Zuraida alarmed at jumbo deaths in Sabah


KOTA KINABALU: The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry will meet Sabah wildlife authorities to establish the reason behind scores of elephant deaths in and around oil palm estates in the state.

Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin was taken aback when she was told that many Bornean pygmy elephants died in plantation areas in the Sabah east coast areas.

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