Indigenous people biggest losers in Malaysia, says chief justice


Jason Santos

Chief Justice Richard Malanjum (second from left) with lawyers at the Borneo Rainforest Law Festival in Kota Kinabalu today. He says an audit has yet to be undertaken to determine how much the government has done in regard to the rights of indigenous folk. – The Malaysian Insight pic, January 17, 2019.

NINE years have passed since Malaysia adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP), but the community remains marginalised and ignored in their own country, said Chief Justice Richard Malanjum.

Until today, an audit has yet to be undertaken to determine how much the government has done in regard to the rights of indigenous folk, he said.


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  • Frankly many NGOs are pushing more for Palestinians and Roghinyas rather than for our own marginalized Indigenous people. People put more effort onto the environment such as Lynas (not that its wrong), animal rights but the natives of Malaysia, the real bumiputeras are ignored, especially if they not of the "correct" religion. This new government must do more, quickly.

    Posted 5 years ago by Mike Mok