Total of 135 Orang Asli Seletar families settle dispute with Johor govt and developers with resettlement
This follows the matter having made its way in 2013, and it took 10 years for the parties to finally resolve the matter.
This follows the matter having made its way in 2013, and it took 10 years for the parties to finally resolve the matter.
PUTRAJAYA (June 3): A three-member Court of Appeal (CoA) today allowed the appeal by the Kelantan government and ruled that the federal government has no legal standing to act for the Temiar Orang Asli tribe over its purported customary land in Pos Simpor, Gua Musang.
PETALING JAYA (March 10): The ‘Malaysian Women Unite’ campaign, a public and private initiative of Extraordinary People Impacting Communities (EPIC) and the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development is aiming to raise at least RM850,000 to build homes for 17 Orang Asli families in Kampung Sungai Kelubi, Rawang, Selangor.
PETALING JAYA (Feb 21): Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari yesterday defended the state government's plan to allow development of a permanent forest reserve in Kuala Langat, saying it will prevent bush fires, The Malaysian Insight reported yesterday.
PETALING JAYA (Feb 19): Pro-Anwar Ibrahim group Otai Reformis 1998 threatened to put an orang asli blockade at the entrance to Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (SSAAS) in Shah Alam if the Selangor government proceeds with a proposal to build a mixed development project in the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR), the Star reported today.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Poverty in the country can be eradicated, but the people need to “think that they are Malaysians first” and not place too much importance on race, says former finance minister Tun Dr Daim Zainuddin.
PETALING JAYA: For the longest time, the Orang Asli communities have been battling a myriad of issues stemming from rapid urbanisation.
IPOH (Oct 10): A group of Orang Asli handed over RM15,000 in alleged bribe money supposedly from a logging company to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday, the Star, Harian Metro and Berita Harian reported.
PETALING JAYA (Feb 7): National Unity minister P Waytha Moorthy will solve a dispute between a logging company and Orang Asli residents who set up a blockade to prevent encroachment onto their settlement, said Jakoa.
TANAH RATA (Jan 26): Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat after its candidate Ramli Mohd Nor, 61, won in today’s by-election there.