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With the close cooperation of the UNITED SIKHS and Helistar Resources Sdn Bhd, a total of 2,350 kg of food supplies were delivered by helicopter to 11 Temiar settlements in the interior of Gua Musang on Saturday, 3 January 2015. This translates to about 278 Temiar families. Some of these settlements had been cut off even […]

Pada 1 Januari 2015 lepas, sebuah perkampungan Orang Asli iaitu Kampung Jemeri di Pahang, diceroboh oleh sekumpulan yang dipercayai orang Melayu. Laporan dari penduduk kampung menyatakan mereka menceroboh masuk untuk mengambil buah kelapa sawit yang dimiliki oleh penduduk Kampung Jemeri. Ini adalah kali kedua Kampung Jemeri diceroboh dengan tujuan sama iaitu mengambil buah sawit milik

The small Jahai community in Kampung Klab, at the Perak-Kelantan border in the north was reached by Jerry Cheong and his fishing friends from KL on New year’s day. The road access to their interior community in the (former PITC concession) had been cut off due to a collapsed logging bridge. The community is one that

The Jahut communities of Paya Mendoi and Kampung Seboi (Kuala Krau, Pahang) were directly affected by the floods. Funds were transferred to our local contact, Shafie Dris, who together with the villagers organized the purchase and delivery of some supplies yesterday.

Our main local contact person in the Pos Lanai-Pantos area in Northwest Pahang has been doing a great job in getting supplies to his people during the early days of the floods. Because this Semai village was a low-priority area, official help was not forthcoming. With funds from the JOAS Flood Relief Fund, Jefri Hasan (@

Bea-Meow and her group were able to meet the Batek who live close to the Kelantan entrance to the National Park. This small community took a severe beating during the floods. The lower settlement at Tom Balai was completely washed away. Even the PPRT housing close to the road to the park office were completely

Just in time: Orang asli children finally getting some food after supplies were delivered by helicopter to an area near their inundated village in Gua Musang. — Bernama The Star 30 December 2014 PETALING JAYA: Living in the interior and just as badly affected by the devastating floods are thousands of orang asli whose villages are cut

We were in the hilly areas of Ulu Tual over Christmas where it rained almost non-stop – sometimes, a continuous heavy drizzle, at other times roof-bashing thunderstorms. One of the newly-built bridges was washed away and others had water waiting to breach their tops. No wonder then that the low-lying areas, including major towns on the

We were informed by Eddy Salim of Kampung Sungai Temon in Danga Bay, Johor Baru that his uncle Yem bin Palon succumbed to leukemia early Sunday morning (21 December 2014). He was buried the same afternoon in keeping with Orang Seletar custom. Yem, 54 years, owned a successful sea food restaurant serving both local and Singaporean clients.

JOAS Semenanjung (or Peninsular Malaysia) just wrapped up a meeting between members and other Orang Asli. The one day meeting (but held over two nights) at Dusun Eco Resort in Bentong yesterday, was organised to discuss current issues and to think of solutions, as well as to also the explain JOAS’ role as the national network.