Since then 58 people have died, 43 of them in Negri Sembilan, south of Kuala Lumpur.

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Now just 20 families remain in the once-thriving village in Malaysia's Negri Sembilan state.

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In Negeri Sembilan 900 people who refused to leave were told by the government this week that they would be forcibly moved.

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Even so, the Negri Sembilan government last week ordered a media blackout on the affecte d villages as well as relief centers and hospitals.

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The 15 km-wide strip will run 55 km from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur to the new international airport at Sepang near the Negri Sembilan state border.

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