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The recent report (New Straits Times, 26 February 2015) that a former forestry officer in Hulu Perak had more than RM3.1 million in his bank accounts when he was caught accepting bribes totaling RM100,000.00  from loggers, gives a hint as to why the Orang Asli are having so much trouble getting the loggers off their customary […]

The day after the workshop at Kampung Cenaweng in Grik, we took a boat ride to visit the flood-affected settlements in the Temenggor Dam area. But the first place our Temiar friends wanted to show us was the Sara River where it meets the lake proper. The sight was utterly distressing. Log remnants and other timber debris

After several weeks of working together to deliver flood relief aid to the affected communities in the Temenggor-Grik-Banun-Dala-Kemar areas in Upper Perak, the representatives from the three ethnic communities in about 30 villages decided to formalize their working relationship. With the support of JOAS, the Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia, about 60 members of the

Asok, the son of Penghulu Gelugor at Kampung Sungai Selaor off the Grik-Kota Baru Highway near the Perak-Kelantan border, has been calling us up several times over the past few months relating the pressure being put on his people to give the go-ahead for extended logging in their customary territories. The forests here, one of

CN-COAC | 9 February 2015 We made a short visit to the Batek community at Kuala Koh, Kelantan on 5 February to assess their situation and to keep in touch.  Soon after the flood, two teams from the JOAS flood relief effort visited them and provided initial aid. Several other NGOs and individuals have also

Lapuran oleh Koong Hui Yein JOAS | 9 Februari 2015 Perjumpaan ahli dan rakan JOAS Semenanjung di Kampung Sungai Mahang, Negeri Sembilan pada 7hb Februari melakarkan titik permulaan perancangan gerak tindakan tahun 2015 bagi ahli-ahli perintis AJK Bertindak Anti-Empangan, Pembalakan dan Perlombongan; Wanita dan Belia wilayah Semenanjung. Seramai 28 orang ahli dan rakan yang terdiri

Finally, some safe drinking water for the Temiar community at Kampung Kelaik, Pos Blau. They have been able to install the UFilta R2000 People System water filter unit which was given to them on 22 January. The locally-manufactured RM3,500.00 system is capable of removing all water borne pathogens (viruses, bacteria, parasites, oocytes) as well as most

Comment by Colin Nicholas following the MKiniTV vdeo entitled: Orang Asli activist claims Siti Kasim stopped aid to 3 villages   Lest any viewer might be thinking that my comments as given in this video were in relation to the episode involving the MEDRF and Siti in an earlier MkiniTV video, please know that it is not

Food aid from the JOAS-COAC Flood Relief Fund is delivered to the remote Temiar village in Pos Simpor by helicopter.The village headman says that this is the first time any one had sent in any aid since their food supply problems began more than two months ago. To view the video, please click on this

Our ground coordinator for the Grik-Belum area recently reported a death due to drowning in one of the villages in the RPS Kemar regroupment scheme. According to Rahman Has, the 9-year-old boy had gone for a bath at about 4pm with several other children in the Lengweng River, from which the village gets its name. The