Dr Mahathir backs Orang Asli in land rights struggle


Sheridan Mahavera

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad meeting with Orang Asli land rights activists in Putrajaya today. He has lent his support to the activists, who are battling with plantation companies to claim their tribal land rights in rural Kelantan. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, August 10, 2018.

PRIME Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad gave his support to the Gua Musang Orang Asli community, who are battling to claim their ancient tribal land rights in a remote part of Kelantan.

The prime minister’s support, said veteran Orang Asli activists, represents a sharp departure from previous government leaders, whom they said often turned a blind eye to their plight.  


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  • Our society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members like the LGBT and Orang Asli whose rights are often trampled by the majority for the majority/

    Posted 5 years ago by Roger 5201

    • You took the words right out of my mouth, Roger. Strength and power is nothing if it is not used to lift the weak and trampled.

      Posted 5 years ago by Burrd Lim

  • Dr. Mahathir did not disappoint, and the Orang Asli go home with hope. Things will be set in motion now. How will Kelantan reciprocate?..

    Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA

  • Is Kelantan a recipient to Petronas oil royalty deal? If yes, the forthcomIng proposal, on the ancestral land Issue, from the Federal Government could be a trade-off

    Posted 5 years ago by Thiruchelvam Thirunavukarasu