This edited article by Sabrina Aripen with contributions from WITNESS ASIA-PACIFIC team was published on March 8, 2023 by WITNESS, an international organization that supports people using video in ...

For decades they have been bullied, ignored and marginalized, forced off their land and deprived of their rights. All that is about to change for the unassuming Orang Asli, the indigenous people of ...

For the Orang Asli, the indigenous and oldest inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia, the fear of disappearing from their homeland is very real. Oppressed and disdained by other Malaysians and with the ...

IPOH: Rasila Yas, Malaysia’s first Orang Asli principal, has been honoured with the Orang Asli Icon Award in recognition of her achievements and contributions. The 54-year-old principal of SMK ...

For 16 months, indigenous Orang Asli villagers of Kampung Mesau in Malaysia have been living at a fork in a logging road. In the Chini-Bera forests in Pahang, they have built a wooden blockade to stop ...

GUA MUSANG (Malaysia) — Malaysia's National Day, or Merdeka Day, this year may be more significant under a new government, but for the first inhabitants of this country, the orang asli, it is still ...

The Orang Asli community has urged the government to focus on solving issues related to land ownership, pollution, and housing in the upcoming federal budget. Several Orang Asli representatives who ...

KUALA LUMPUR: After spending over 20 years in the comfort of her village, Veena Angelina Jincis from the Semai Orang Asli group decided to challenge herself by taking up a job as a flight attendant ...

PAHANG, 4 JANUARY 2023 – In their second consecutive year, leading one-stop solutions provider of safe and healthy water environment company Waterco (Far East) Sdn Bhd (Waterco Malaysia) in ...

Activist Colin Nicholas says extreme poverty among the Sabah and Sarawak natives is very high. An activist has applauded calls for a ministry to prioritise the rights of the Orang Asli, saying this ...