One bus load of (self-paying) Temiar will be in the Kota Baru High Court on Monday 30 May 2016, for the start of the land rights case of Pos Belatim in the Gua Musang district of Kelantan. The is the retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal in November 2014 when the panel ruled that …
On the occasion of International Women’s Day today, 8 March 2016, The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact joins hands with women and men across the globe in the spirit of solidarity in advancing gender equality and social justice for all. Read the full statement at this link: AIPP IWD 2016 Statement Mengukuhkan Perpaduan Wanita Orang Asal Sempena …
SPIRIT CARVINGS OF THE MAH MERI OF MALAYSIA by Peter Crowe Full colour coffee-table book on the spirit carvings of the Mah Meri – and the carvers and their carving heritage. 254 pages. 20cm X 27cm (8 inches x 10 inches). Co-published by the Center for Orang Asli Concerns and GeraiOA. Release date: 15 January 2016. The …
Like previous years, 2015 had been an eventful one, both for the Orang Asli and for us at COAC. There were many things that broke our hearts or stirred up anger and frustration in us – like the damage done by the floods in January, the treatment of Orang Asli schoolchildren in Kelantan, continued encroachments …
The grounds of judgment in the land rights case of the Semai of Kampung Senta in Bidor, Perak against a corporation and the state government can be viewed at this link: Kampung Senta High Court judgment Keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi Ipoh dalam kes Kamoung Orang Asli-Semai di Kampung Senta di Bidor, Perak boleh dimuatturun di …
Masalah keracunan di Kampung Angkek-Podek, RPS Kuala Betis, Gua Musang, masih menjadi persoalan pelbagai pihak. Kes yang dipercayai keracunan sumber air telah pun masuk minggu kedua. Pada 24hb Nov 2015, seramai 8 mangsa telah dirawat di Hospital Kuala Krai dan Gua Musang, akibat dipercayai keracunan. Namun pihak Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia belum mengesahkan punca sebenar berlaku. …
A community learning centre for the Semai Orang Asli in Kampung Tual near Raub, Pahang, run by Orang Asli teachers, is successfully educating children and the community, writes Suzanna Pillay. New Sunday Times | 1 November 2015 GRACING the walls of a classroom in the community learning centre for the Semai Orang Asli children in Kampung …
On the day the 4 Temiar children were being buried in Kampung Penad we were in Kuantan effecting the return of the last of 18 Temiar youths, 5 of them female, in a case of labour-trading that fringes on human trafficking. Julaiha Along, a 20-year-old woman from Pos Tohoi in Gua Musang (where the school hostel …
The Ipoh High Court affirmedon 30 September 2015 that the Semai of Kampung Senta in Bidor, Perak enjoyed native title rights to their tanah adat (customary lands) under common law. Following on the precedents of Sagong Tasi, Nor ak Nyawai and Madelli Salleh – important precedent-setting land rights cases in Selangor and Sarawak – Justice Dato’ Che Mohd Ruzina …
The Semai of Kampung Senta win their land rights case Read More »
Lawyers Lyn-Ni and Merie discussing the Mengkapor case with two of the Semaq Beri plaintiffs. The past week saw a flurry of court-related matters and activities involving Orang Asli cases in which COAC was directly involved in. The following is brief update on them. All of these cases involved work by dedicated pro bono lawyers, including Steven …
