KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Members of an indigenous tribe in Malaysia have won 6.5 million ringgit ($1.9 million) in a landmark settlement with highway authorities for ...

Blinking furiously, she willed the tears away and both approached the Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA) ...

What began as a deep appreciation for Orang Asli craftsmanship has grown into an internationally recognised enterprise for Hanim Apeng, better known as Mak Intan. Now 54, the Jakun-Jahut artisan is ...

Malaysia’s indigenous community wants the government to end the practice of coerced conversion to Islam in the Muslim-majority country and show respect for others and their culture. Known as Orang ...

With practised ease, the deft fingers of Linda Angik weaved coconut leaves into a traditional headgear worn by the Orang Asli. Within 10 minutes, the 50-year-old Temiar woman had completed making the ...

This edited article by Sabrina Aripen with contributions from WITNESS ASIA-PACIFIC team was published on March 8, 2023 by WITNESS, an international organization that supports people using video in ...

SUBANG JAYA: Ministries must work together to produce a unified response to issues affecting Orang Asli communities, says natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Nik Nazmi Nik ...

Linda Angik with the ‘tempok’ – a traditional Orang Asli headgear – which she crafted at the Festival Irama Asli & Asal last month. (Bernama pic) At the Festival Irama Asli & Asal 2025 held here last ...

PETALING JAYA: A group of 137 Orang Asli in Pahang are to have their day in court on their application to overturn an alleged mass conversion to Islam some 30 years ago, following a High Court ...

DUNGUN, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- A total of 51 residents from 14 Orang Asli families at the Bukit Bauk Forest Reserve near Kampung Durian Mentangau here are facing eviction from the Terengganu state ...

MERSING: The body of a 15-year-old Orang Asli boy who was feared drowned in a river in Endau has been found on Wednesday ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has filed a lawsuit against an opposition-run state for infringing on an indigenous tribe's land rights by handing out licenses to plantation companies to cut down ...