Suhakam says this is essential to ensuring that the rights, identity, and entitlements of the Orang Asli are no longer ...

Deep within Malaysia’s rainforests, a world of secrets and wisdom flourishes—guarded by the Orang Asli, the country’s indigenous peoples. Their gardens are not marked by fences or neat rows ...

Mr Seu is a Jakun, one of the 18 ethnic groups recognised as Orang Asli (indigenous people) in Peninsular Malaysia by the federal government. The settlement he is currently staying has nine ...

The incident made headlines as yet another case of the Orang Asli in Malaysia fighting for their land rights against parties backed by the state government. The country has slightly more than ...

An Orang Asli child stands outside his home in the remote village of Gawin, deep in the jungles of Malaysia’s Kelantan State [Karishma Vyas/Al Jazeera] While corporal punishment of girls is not ...

KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian minister’s proposal to send orang utans as gifts to countries that buy its palm oil in a bid to show “commitment to biodiversity conservation” has been panned by ...

Virtually all Orang Asli households in Peninsular Malaysia are in the income bracket of the poorest 40% of Malaysians, says the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Center for Orang Asli Concerns.

Read the article in Bahasa Melayu. In Malaysia, a group of Orang Asli (First Peoples) women have been advocating to strengthen their representation in Malaysian society through documentaries and ...

To protect their home. Merapi Bin Mat Razi is an Orang Asli, which translates to ‘original people’, who are the Indigenous Peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. Part of the Jahai ethnic group, his family ...

Malaysia's unsung islands Our excellent local ... They are known in Malay as orang Belanda (Dutchmen) and the association with Westerners is unfortunately obvious: the monkeys have large noses ...