A group of Orang Asli from the NGO Jaringan Kampung Orang Asli Pahang (JKOAP) handed over a memorandum to Pahang Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob yesterday. In the memorandum, the Orang Asli stated the problems the community faced including illegal encroachment into Orang Asli ancestral and customary land. However, the group members said they were shocked upon […]
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We recently dropped off a bunch of school supplies and other stuff collected by Joyce Leong and friends of Reita of Gerai OA to the Cenwaey Penaney Community Learning Center (PDK) in Kampung Ulu Tual. As the teaching proper at the PDK the starts in January, these donations were very timely. Also, given that well-wishers tend
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Ride in the dark: The vehicle takes in as many as 30 pupils to school, way beyond its maximum capacity, in the wee hours of the morning. Tan Yi Liang The Star | Sunday 30 November 2014 EVERY day before the crack of dawn, 12-year old Esah together with her sister 10-year old Franttey and
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Lee Lyn-Ni | Shook Lin & Bok Legal Team’s press release | 28 November 2014 The Court of Appeal, Putrajaya, today unanimously allowed the appeal of the Semaq Beri Orang Asli of Kampung Mengkapur against the decision of the High Court in Yebet binti Saman & Ors v. Foong Kwai Loong & Ors. [2014] 6 CLJ
V. Anbalagan The Malaysian Insider | 28 November 2014 The Court of Appeal today has affirmedthat Orang Asli in the peninsula have rights under the common law over their ancestral land. A three-man bench ruled unanimously today to set aside the findings of a high court which dismissed the rights of 82 Orang Asli over
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The Court of Appeal, on Thursday 20th November 2014, ordered the High Court in Kota Baru, Kelantan to hear the case of the Temiars in Pos Belatim for the rights to their traditional land. The land had been ‘given’ to a plantation company, Sigur Ros Sdn Bhd, to establish a Ladang Rakyat in their customary territories
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Jen’s father, at left, at her graduation ceremony in February 2014. Our condolences to Jenita, whose father died Friday night. Engi Isan, 61 years, had been suffering from a number of ailments after his heart surgery some years ago and had to be hospitalized on Friday morning when things took the turn for the worse.
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I just received word from Reita (of Gerai OA) that Makcik Kop of Kampung Bapak in Pos Iskandar (Tasek Bera) has just passed on. Reita in turn was informed by Kop’s granddaughter, Rozlina, that she passed away at 1pm today, just 3 hours ago. Makcik-Kop-on-the-perahu, as I always referred to Tok Wan Kop Desen, was in
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Bah Tony with some of the villagers at the Ipoh High Court yesterday. Pix: P. Chandran Sagaran P. Chandra Sagaran The Sun | 5 November 2014 A group of Orang Asli from Kampung Kuala Senta, Bidor, filed an affidavit in the High Court today to prevent a developer from claiming their ancestral land for commercial
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“Adat itu Pelita Kehidupan Orang Asli Pada 31hb Oktober and 1hb November seramai 49 orang peserta yang berasal dari komuniti Jahut, Temuan, Chewong, Mendriq, Temiar, Mah Meri, Semelai dan Semoq Beri berkumpul di Kampung Orang Asli Sungai Mai, Jerantut, Pahang untuk berkongsi maklumat dan pendirian tentang Adat Orang Asal. Kajian Adat adalah suatu inisiatif Jaringan
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