It swept over the settlement like a plague. First came a fever, then their throats swelled up, their eyes became bloodshot and their lungs rattled with coughing. And then they began to die.
![Out of the jungle and into a death trap: the fate of Malaysia’s last nomadic people Out of the jungle and into a death trap: the fate of Malaysia’s last nomadic people](https://sgmylive.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5140.jpeg)
It swept over the settlement like a plague. First came a fever, then their throats swelled up, their eyes became bloodshot and their lungs rattled with coughing. And then they began to die.