HISTORY: TOLD AS IT IS | “Orang Asli”, a term officially coined in 1960, collectively refers to the original or native people of Peninsular Malaysia. Currently numbering about 200,000 (about 0 ...

The Orang Asli are the original people of Peninsular Malaysia whose ancient ancestry in these lands qualifies them as more authentically “Bumiputera” than the “pendatangs” who came later ...

COMMENT | The Orang Asli has been increasingly marginalised by profit-seeking loggers, miners and plantation owners.

The rainforests of Malaysia’s Belum-Temengor Reserve are one of the world’s oldest – in fact, they date back to a time when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth.