‘RM50k for wooden jetty includes safety cost in crocodile-infested waters’

Crocodiles and poor access to Kampung Mutap, some 60km from Miri, are among the reasons why a 15m wooden jetty there cost RM50,000, said the Sarawak Public Works Department.

It said this in response to public outcry over what appeared to be an overpriced wooden jetty located 18km away, or 33 minutes drive from the small town of Bekenu, according to Google Maps...