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Accused of stealing some money from a teacher, a Standard 4 Temiar schoolgirl was tied up and beaten by three teachers at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Betis on 15 June 2015. She was also kicked. Her body had numerous bruises on her face, arms and thigh. We got to know of this the next day when […]

Leaders and representatives of the Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia, JOAS, had a briefing session for Members of Parliament on 17 June 2014. Although all parliamentarians were invited, the 20 who attended the briefing were mainly from the PKR component parties and the sole PSM member. Jannie Lasimbang, the JOAS Secretariat Director, provided the overview

While the general public has been very sympathetic to the plight of the 50 Jakuns whose homes were demolished by the authorities on 2 June 2015, there have been negative rumblings of them being recent migrants to the area, of their ‘stubbornness’ not to resettle in a government-allotted site, and even accusations of trafficking in

Robbi Sapingi was an active member of PR GOMPITO, the community organization of Kampung Kiau Nuluh on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu. PR Gompito is a member of the Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS). In fact, the Vice-President of JOAS, the Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia, comes from this village too. According to VP Sintiah Semanding,

Basic comforts: Kuala Koh village head Hamdan (right) in a makeshift shelter in the village with his son Ramli (left). Loh Foong Fong Sunday Star | 7 June 2015 IF there is one thing that the indigenous people or orang asal want to know, it is whether their communal forest land would be recognised by the

Broken homes: A child crying in the middle of the village houses that were torn down by the authorities in Gunung Arong, Mersing, Johor. Photos by Tolo Lee (DAP-Mersing) By Loh Foon Fong & Kathleen Ann Kili The Star | 4 June 2015   A group of Orang Asli women were about to start cooking when

The Public Health Unit of the Orang Asli Hospital in Gombak held a course for Health Ministry personnel who service the Orang Asli community. The workshop was held at the Hotel Seri Malaysia in Genting Highlands from 27-29 May 2015 with the theme, “Memahami factor-faktor penentu kesihatan komuniti Orang Asli’  (Understanding the factors that determine the

In keeping with Temiar custom, Pakcik Arom was laid to rest within 24 hours of his passing. A small entourage of relatives and friends paid their last respects in his home village of Kampung Pahong in Pos Bihai (Gua Musang, Kelantan) on Sunday, 24 May 2015. Pakcik Arom’s remains were placed in the same hut

Pakcik Arom has been finally relieved of his earthly pain. He breathed his last at 4.30pm today, according to his son-in-law who came out to make some calls to inform relatives and friends. His funeral will be at Kampung Pahong (Pos Bihai, Kelantan) tomorrow, Sunday 24 May 2015 at about noon. Pakcik Arom, aged about

For those who know Pakcik Arom, you should know that he is in a very bad state now, healthwise.  First diagnosed, wrongly, to be suffering from TB at the end of last year, he is now confirmed to be in the advanced stages of lung cancer. He was first admitted the Gua Musang hospital in