How many people lost their lives in the epidemic?

Some 200 pig breeders protested in the Malaysian capital yesterday against the government’s handling of an epidemic that killed 101 people and ruined the U. S. $400 million pork industry. The farmers, mostly from Negeri Sembilan state, the epicenter of the outbreak, wore black armbands and held up banners outside the headquarters of the Malaysian Chinese Association political party, calling for compensation of U.S. $53 for every pig killed.