IPOH: Rasila Yas, Malaysia's first Orang Asli principal, has been honoured with the Orang Asli Icon Award in recognition of ...

Being named as one of the Star Golden Hearts Award (SGHA) winners has been a transformative milestone for Native Discovery, a ...

The drafting of amendments to the Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954 (Act 134), which involves matters relating to land ownership ...

The Orang Asli, meaning “original people” in Malay, are the earliest known inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia. Divided into various subgroups such as the Senoi, Semang, and Proto-Malay, each ...

The country has slightly more than 200,000 Orang Asli from 18 tribes, or just under 1 per cent of its total population of 32 million. Selangor is home to 4,100 members of the Mah Meri, its ...

In Malaysia, a group of Orang Asli (First Peoples) women have been advocating to strengthen their representation in Malaysian society through documentaries and workshops. Orang Asli women face ...

“West Malaysia has no say over orang utans which live only in Sarawak and Sabah,” in addition to Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia, she said in response to Datuk Seri Johari’s proposal.

In the Malay language, orang utan means “person of the forest”. These great apes are found only in Malaysia and Indonesia. They have reddish fur, long arms, cheek pads and, just like China’s ...