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Hoax: Viral message on Bukit Lagong Orang Asli not receiving assistance untrue
KUALA LUMPUR: The viralled WhatsApp message claiming that residents of Kampung Orang Asli Bukit Lagong, Selangor did not receive any food assistance during the Movement Control Order (MCO) is a hoax, said Department of Orang Asli Development (Jakoa) director-general Prof Dr
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SWCorp closes landfill in Rompin due to health hazard
PAHANG: SWCorp has closed the Bandar Muadzam Shah landfill here to the public with immediate effect. Pahang Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp) director Sharudin Hamid said the waste disposal site is a restricted area and only SWCorp-designated
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Damaged roads leave Gua Musang Orang Asli stranded
GUA MUSANG: Over 5,000 Orang Asli people in this district will be cut off each time the access roads from their settlements to the town are damaged and muddy during the monsoon season. As a result, settlers of the affected
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50 Orang Asli students had to walk to school for six hours in Kelantan
KOTA BAHRU: At least 50 Orang Asli students had to walk to school in Gua Musang for six hours after the vehicles taking them there got stuck in the mud. As reported in a Malay daily, residents of the village
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Pahang to gazette additional 8,571ha of reserved land for Orang Asli
The Pahang state government is in the process of gazetting 8,571 hectares of reserve land for the Orang Asli, menteri besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said. He said the amount was in addition to 7,156 hectares of land
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Jakoa will not marginalise Batek Orang Asli community
GUA MUSANG: The Orang Asli Development Department (JAKOA) will not marginalise the Batek tribe in Kampung Kuala Koh after the recent tragedy that resulted in the death of 15 members of the community due to measles outbreak in May. On
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Agong: Improve aid for Orang Asli and the poor
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah’s concern for the country’s indigenous community brought His Majesty to the Sungai Ruil Orang Asli Village here today. His Majesty arrived at 11 am, much to the delight
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UN: Malaysia’s poverty rate is higher than what is reported officially
PUCHONG: Malaysia’s claim that it has the world’s lowest national poverty rate is untrue as the official figure grossly undercounts poverty. In a statement, United Nations human rights expert Phillip Alston said that when it comes to extreme poverty and
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Xavier: Orang Asli are ‘guardians of our jungles’
KUALA LUMPUR: A minister today paid tribute to the Orang Asli community, saying they are the ‘eyes and ears of the authorities’ in keeping away the poachers and plunderers of jungle treasures. Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr A
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Logging activities at Kampung Tasik Cunex to cease immediately
IPOH: All logging activities in areas which may overlap with land claimed by the Orang Asli in Kampung Tasik Cunex, Gerik were immediately stopped until the discussion process between the state government and Orang Asli community was completed. The directive
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