ABOUT four times a week, Sambung Gantang ties a parang (machete) round his waist, picks up his blowpipe and walks into the dense rainforest. Barefoot and barebodied except for his football shorts ...

For the Orang Asli, the rainforest is a pharmacy. They possess an astonishing knowledge of medicinal plants, using roots, leaves, bark, and flowers to treat everything from fevers to snake bites.

The Orang Asli guide in front turns around, flashes a bemused grin and shakes his head. The elderly man, whom we call Pak Cik Syam, is insanely fit and filled with sinewy muscles.

Blowpipe shooting, and appreciating life’s simple pleasures are lessons Lionel Yew and his family have learnt from the Semai orang asli folk.

From 2012 to 2017, the government spent RM2.3 billion on the River of Life project, but it seems unwilling to spend RM15 million a year to feed Orang Asli children.

Measles claims another Orang Asli life. Bernama. Published: Jul 9, 2019 7:15 PM. ⋅. Updated: 11:15 AM. An Orang Asli woman is reported to have died due to measles in Terengganu yesterday, ...

“If the land is barren, there are no more sources of life. Our traditions will die,” said Dendi. Around 200,000 Orang Asli live in Peninsular Malaysia and have a powerful relationship with nature.

Seven Orang Asli children disappeared from school in Malaysia last August. ... On almost every social indicator – from literacy to life expectancy – the Orang Asli lag behind other Malaysians. ...

Orang Asli artist Shaq Koyok said land rights are crucial because their traditional lands are “a core essential of (the Orang Asli’s) long historical culture and traditions”.

The Kuantan High Court has dismissed an Orang Asli woman’s application to quash her conversion into Islam and return to her tribe’s way of life. The woman, who belongs to the Jakun tribe, had ...

Alberto Gomes says government policies should do more than just develop and modernise the Orang Asli’s land and their way of life. Free Malaysia Today. Prioritise protecting Orang Asli land, ...

Orang Asli continue to be neglected and face lack of access to quality social services, ... however the necessary outcomes of education to improve one’s quality of life is not being achieved.