FIVE Bateq Orang Asli from Kg Kuala Koh in Gua Musang are still warded in the intensive care unit.

The Health Ministry said to date 103 tribespeople have received treatment at hospitals in Gua Musang.

Another 56 have received outpatient treatment while 42 are under observation at normal wards.

The information was released today by the crisis preparedness and response centre in Kg Kuala Koh.

Earlier, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P. Waythamoorthy said Orang Asli boy Nasri Rosli, three, who is suffering from pneumonia is in stable albeit critical condition.

He said the child, from the Bateq tribe, is in the paediatric intensive care unit of Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital in Kota Baru after being transferred on Sunday from Kuala Krai Hospital.

The Health Ministry has confirmed that two of the 14 reported deaths involving the Bateq community within a month was due to pneumonia, but the actual cause of death will only be known after the results of tests are known.

Meanwhile, the government search team has found four sites where bodies of the Bateq tribespeople were placed after their deaths.

Some 12 tribesmen were left in the jungle on a platform as part of their ritual. – June 13, 2019.