Malaysia’s Tasik Chini risks being stripped of its Unesco status unless decades of damage to ‘dragon god lake’ is undone
Tasik Chini occupies a special place in Malaysia's national psyche. Steeped in legend, the vast body of water in central Pahang is rumoured to contain an ancient sunken city, and be inhabited by a mythical "dragon god" that makes its home among the watery depths. The freshwater lake, Malaysia's second largest, and its surrounding wetlands were...