The Prime Minister clearly showedthat he does not listen to the Orang Asli when he announced the 11th Malaysia Plan yesterday. The two programmes in the 2016-2020 Plan that involved the Orang Asli that he specifically chose to mention in his speech were those the Orang Asli had rejected or were against. ‘Giving’ land […]
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Kampung Kuala Senta case, Perak Brief background of case: The Semai of Kampung Senta lay claim to 2,206 hectares of customary land by way of native title under common law. In 2013, a private company started encroaching on their land close to their residential houses, prompting them to lodge police and other reports to stop
Orang Asli Ancestral Land Working Committee chairman Johar Changgang, 44, (third from left) handing the memorandum to Perak Mentri Besar’s executive officer Asad Safwan Mazlan in Ipoh today. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Wong Tuck Keong, May 20, 2015 Ista Kyra Sharmugam | The Malaysian Insider 20 May 2015 Heartbroken that their ancestors’ graves
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Hafiz Yatim Malaysiakini.com | 18 May 2015 Eleven Orang Asli from the community in Pos Lanai, near Kuala Lipis in Pahang, have filed a suit to challenge the construction of a hydroelectric dam on their ancestral land. The suit was filed in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur and it names Tenaga Nasional Bhd, the Orang Asli
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The fitness community has once again come together to sweat it out for a good cause. A group of very fit-looking gym-goers got their friends to sponsor them to do burpees and carry weights at the Pushmore Fitness Centre in Tropicana Selatan, PJ yesterday (Saturday, 16 May 2015). The event was organized to raise funds
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Bah Tony and Faridah at the filing counter of the Ipoh High Court in Perak. With a sense of much relief, the expert report on the ‘History, Presence and Situation of the Semai-Orang Asli in Kampung Kuala Senta Customary Territory, Perak’ was filed in the Ipoh High Court yesterday, Thursday 14 May 2015. The writing
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Malaysiakini.com | 8 May 2015 The Orang Asli voted largely for BN in the Rompin by-election this week because they feared PAS’ hudud push and uncertainty with Pakatan Rakyat, among others. Jaringan Kampung Orang Asli Pahang coordinator Shafie Dris said Pakatan’s defeat in the Pahang seat being blamed on the indigenous voters was likely to be
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A small group of Orang Asli from Pahang, Perak, Kelantan and Selangor joined the Mayday protest rally against the introduction of the 6% Goods & Services Tax (GST) imposed by the government last month. Although several essential goods are exempted from the tax, the impact of the tax has been felt by the Orang Asli, as
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Mia Yusri, the Deputy Chairman of the Belia-JOAS gave the welcoming speech on behalf of the Orang Asal of Malaysia at the ongoing ASEAN Peoples Forum being held in Kuala Lumpur from 21-24 April 2015. About 1,000 civil society members, including many indigenous peoples from the region are attending the forum. Sitting on the panel with
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Jakuns from Kampung Peta at the Court of Appeal in October 2012. The Jakun-Orang Asli appellants’ appeal in the Kampung Peta judicial review application was unanimously allowed by the Court of Appeal with costs, yesterday (22 April 2015). We are informed by Dr. Yogeswaran that the Court of Appeal further ordered that the case be remitted
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