Terengganu govt orders probe into water poisoning claims of tourists


Tourists have claimed to have suffered poisoning after swimming in waters believed to be contaminated with untreated sewage on Pulau Perhentian Kecil. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 6, 2022. The tourists said they vomited in the evening after the swim. They were on a two-night trip to the famous island. – Bernama, June 6, 2022.

THE Terengganu government has initiated a probe into the claims that six tourists suffered water poisoning while on holiday on Pulau Perhentian Kecil in Besut.

State Tourism, Culture and Digital Technology Committee chairman Ariffin Deraman said the departments involved had been instructed to take samples of the water as well as to follow up on the issue.


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