Crocodile attacks, lightning strikes and back pains. A peek into the risky work of Johor’s mussel farmers

In the calm waters of the West Johor Strait, some 3,000 empty blue barrels bob gently on the surface. The barrels, used in mussel farming, belong to Mr Jefree Salim. He is a third-generation mussel farmer from Malaysia's Seletar indigenous community, or Orang Asli Seletar, who