The issue of Orang Asli schoolchildren dropping out of school has been a longstanding one despite efforts taken by government and private agencies and NGOs to encourage them to complete their ...

For many, Merdeka is all about vibrant parades and the Jalur Gemilang fluttering in the breeze. But what does this day mean to the Orang Asli communities who often watch from the fringes? As the first ...

THERE is more land gazetted in Perak for the Orang Asli compared to other states. State rural development committee chairman Datuk Mohd Zolkafly Harun said 33,046ha of land had been gazetted for the ...

HE was just a carefree child living life in the jungle where shades of green rustled in the wind and river water ran clear. That serenity came to a halt when predatory land developers encroached upon ...

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 ...

In 19th-century Malaya, many Orang Asli were abducted from their villages in the forest and forced to work in fields and mines by local-district chieftains. Most of them led hard lives and were ...

GUA MUSANG - Masyarakat Orang Asli yang terlibat dengan pembinaan Empangan Nenggiri di sini menyifatkan penempatan baharu bakal mereka duduki itu nanti tidak jauh beza dengan yang asal. Pengerusi ...

PETALING JAYA: Experts and activists say amending the Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954 is not enough to empower the Orang Asli, with one calling for the community to be recognised as Malaysia’s First ...

About 200 Orang Asli families in Pos Belatim, Gua Musang are living in fear over the presence of a wild elephant that has been roaming in their settlement since last month. An Orang Asli resident of ...

KOTA BHARU - Kerajaan Kelantan menegaskan pendirian tidak mengiktiraf 'tanah adat' Orang Asli dibuat berasaskan peruntukan undang-undang dan sistem pentadbiran tanah yang sedang berkuat kuasa di ...

Mariati Nayo, 50, Uda Angah, 50, and Amek Pedik, 67, use coconut leaves to weave the ‘tempok’, a headgear traditionally worn by the Orang Asli in both daily wear and ritual ceremonies. The ...

This traditional headgear preserves cultural heritage while inspiring young artisans and handicraft entrepreneurship across ...