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The Orang Asli community is seeking answers after a teenager’s preventable leprosy-related death.
SEREMBAN, March 11 (Bernama) -- The draft amendments to the Orang Asli Act 1954 (Act 134) are nearly complete and expected to be tabled in Parliament by mid-next year at the latest, said Deputy Prime ...
The Pahang government has denied claims that Pahang Orang Asli Corporation Sdn Bhd (Oraco) is aiming to take over plantations developed by the Orang Asli, including those on ungazetted land.
IPOH, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- The High Court today ordered two companies constructing a mini hydroelectric dam in Ulu Geruntum, Gopeng, to immediately vacate the Orang Asli customary land and halt the ...
HULU SELANGOR: The adage “teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” holds true for Suraya Abdullah, who not only empowered herself but also impacted her loved ones.
Indeed, Orang Asli are treated like “anak tiri” (stepchildren) as they claim. Throughout the history of colonisation of the peninsula by pirates originating from the Indonesian archipelago ...
JOHOR BARU: The Orang Asli community in Johor is being exploited by outsiders, and steps need to be taken to address this situation, says the Johor Ruler.
The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the lenses of young female Orang Asli filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell ...
For 16 months, indigenous Orang Asli villagers of Kampung Mesau in Malaysia have been living at a fork in a logging road. In the Chini-Bera forests in Pahang, they have built a wooden blockade to ...
Residents of two Orang Asli villages in Gombak say that their heritage has been developed and maintained in the land since colonial times.
As China projects its power across Asia, and along the disputed India-China border in the Himalayas, India is feeling surrounded. Both sides insist they don’t want a war, but thousands of troops ...