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Perak menteri besar erred on Orang Asli customary land rights
The Malaysian Bar views with concern recent media reports on the Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu’s suggestion that there are no Orang Asli customary or ancestral lands in Perak as these lands are not recognised by the Perak Constitution
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No customary land for Orang Asli
IPOH: Perak has no customary land (tanah adat) for any ethnic group including the Orang Asli, said Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu. He stressed that according to the state constitution, no land was recognised as customary land
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Government will formally recognise Orang Asli’s faith
SUBANG JAYA: De facto national unity and social wellbeing minister, P Waythamoorthy has given assurance that the government ill formally recognise the faith of the Orang Asli. “I will have more discussions with the Orang Asli and bring the matter
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Malaria outbreak: No need to worry, says Dzulkefly
PUTRAJAYA: There is no need to worry about the malaria outbreak affecting the Orang Asli people from Pos Lenjang in Kuala Lipis, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad. Speaking to reporters, he said that the Orang Asli people contracted
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Pos Lenjang Orang Asli warded for malaria
PUCHONG: A total of 10 Orang Asli in Pos Lenjang, Kuala Lipis in Pahang have fallen ill, suspected to be due to plasmodium vivax malaria. Of this number nine have been warded. “This is the most dangerous kind of Malaria.
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Ecocide and Prejudice: A Malaysian Emergency
“Stop deforestation immediately.” I cringed the first time I heard it. Socio-cultural anthropologist Dr Ivan Tacey, who was speaking about the role of the Orang Asli in addressing climate change, made it a key recommendation he repeated throughout the two-hour
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Is forced contraception on Orang Asli’s true?
The above subject has raised serious concerns amongst Malaysians. The explanation by the Health Ministry did not allay the anxiety amongst Malaysians. Severe anaemia in pregnancy is a serious problem. Medical schools devote an entire chapter on “Anaemia in Pregnancy
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Post – mortem can’t confirm Orang Asli deaths
PORT DICKSON: The results of post-mortems on the skeletal remnants of 12 Orang Asli in Kampung Kuala Koh, Kelantan cannot confirm the cause of deaths. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said that the post-mortems were conducted on the 12
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Another Orang Asli patient admitted to Hulu Terengganu Hospital
KUALA TERENGGANU: Another Orang Asli patient was admitted to the Hulu Terengganu Hospital in Kuala Berang yesterday. According to Terengganu health director, Dr Mohd Jusoh, the 50-year-old woman from Kampung Sungai Berua was admitted after she came to the hospital
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Amalina named as Kelantan Community Icon for proselytization works
KOTA BHARU: Her ability to converse in the Orang Asli dialects has facilitated Nur Amalina Ismail, 27, to convert 20 Orang Asli residents in Gua Musang to Islam since 2014. In recognition for her proselytization works, the Kelantan state government
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