THE Seletar tribe derive their living from seafood, which they travel in rowboats across the straits in Johor to catch.
Today the Seletar people rely on mussel farms for an income but since the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for mussels has decreased, forcing the villagers to take odd jobs to survive. They hope the government will have sympathy for them and create policies to allow them to continue their way of life. – March 19, 2022.
Seletar men at the harbour at Kampung Sungai Temon in Johor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, March 19, 2022. A Seletar man resurfaces after collecting mussels at Danga Bay in Johor. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, March 19, 2022.
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