Living in the shadow of fear at Bukit Koman

  • 6 years ago
The little village of Bukit Koman in Raub, Pahang, is the sort of place where people stop to have conversations with each other. Watching from the sidelines of a small, clean and airy coffeeshop, a man stops by a sundry store for a loaf of bread and stays for the length of time it takes to smoke a cigarette and then some.
The people here are a vociferous lot, but good-naturedly so, calling out to each other from across the street, inquiring mostly after each other's health. It is a grudgingly cliched picturesque place, which, in better times, would look perfect on touristy pamphlets.

Full report: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2012/07/03/living-in-the-shadow-of-fear/

Video by Arvind Raj

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