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 ...

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 ...

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.

All that is about to change for the unassuming Orang Asli, the indigenous people of Malaysia. They have suddenly found themselves in the unfamiliar position of kingmakers in a political tug-of-war ...

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 ...

When the media reported that Malaysia's indigenous people, the Orang Asli, were moving “back to the jungle” during the Covid-19 lockdown and blockading their villages to stop the spread of the ...

Kampung Orang Asli Bukit Kepong is recognised as one of the most beautiful villages in Malaysia. It is a small village of just 150 inhabitants and 44 homes. The population is mainly made up of ...

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 ...

In view of the recent events concerning the Orang Asli, I am compelled to write this letter to testify personally to the difficult situations encountered by the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia.

One evening in November 2021, in the village of Kampung Kaloi in Malaysia’s Kelantan state ... of Kampung Kaloi are indigenous peoples, or Orang Asli, of the Temiar tribe.