Yesterday all the 222 MP’s were sworn in. Later in the evening I and my wife caught up with a family friend for dinner. As I was having dinner a gentleman approached me and gave me a note on orang Asli. The contents of the letter goes like this:
Sir, please forgive if this note is presented to your good self at this place, me by doing so have violated your privacy in thoughts etc…
Please treat this note as a personal greetings on behalf of my family and friends for you having come to serve all Malaysians effectively “ as many Malaysians so seek” While you continue to seek justice for all, please also look into the problems of the “Natives”(“Orang Asli Matters”) long overdue. As an ordinary person, I am doing whatever possible for them, in respect of their land taken away by the Government, due compensation not paid etc. most of this cases involves the state of Selangor i.e. From Mohd. Taib time and thereafter to Toyo. I am preparing a report of the same and hope you can support the move. Thanking You.
For along time the orang Asli’s have been left out from the main stream of development. In fact I can’t understand as to why they cannot even appoint an orang asli to be the Director of the natives in Malaysia? Many a time the Government have stampeded on the natives rights without any due consideration of them.
Lat year a very well known area of the Orang Asli in Bidor was proposed to be developed into a “botanical Garden”. Many NGO’s and citizens spoke up for the Orang Aslis against this project, as the proposed development will eat into the hunting areas of the orang asli. I even raised this matter raised in Parliament. Subsequently the state government scrapped this project.
Recently after the general elections an Orang Asli leader called me to fix an appointment with the Perak state Exco to settle some issues on land. He told me the former state Government have no kept their promise of giving land titles to them. I remarked its the government who must get the Orang Asli consent to alienate land as all land in the country should rightfully belong to the orang Asli and not the other way round as its being practiced now.
POSTED BY kula ON 04.29.08 @ 5:50 am |
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YB Kula,
Orang Asli whom i would rather say the rightfull PRINCE OF THE MALAYSIAN LAND are nearly a forgotten community in Malaysia. I can still recall my lower secondary school days during the 80′S in a small town called Tapah near Bidor. I had a few Orang Asli classmates who come to school by Pasukan Polis Hutan Truck (PPH). I can still recall them as a simple minded, straight forward and good football players. I can still remember that none of us from the other races can kick a football from the middle of the field to the goal keeper at the age of 14 years but they can easily do it. Sadly they are quite poor in education and hardly can write a proper sentence in Bahasa Malaysia or English. This is a result of negligence of their parents who are not educated at all and many of them whom still follow their ancestors tribal lifestyle. This Orang Asli students come to school for the sake of attending school only and not for acquiring knowledge. As as result nearly all of them failed their SRP (SIJIL RENDAH PELAJARAN) which is known as PMR nowadays.Those days if you cant pass your SRP you cant further your studies.That was the end of the road for my Orang Asli friends.After nearly 20 years since the 80’s i’m very sad to hear that nothing much has been done to improve their situation and in fact it has gone from bad to worse. Here i humbly hope YB sir will table their plight in the parliment after getting the report from the good hearted gentleman who is fighting for the Orang Asli’s welfare. The Jabatan Hal-Ehhwal Orang Asli should be given more power to ensure that even the state or federal government cant take away their native land without their consent and proper procedure. A lot of initiatives must be taken if we seriously want Orang Asli to join the main stream development and i sincerely hope the BN will look into their plight ASAP and not wait for another 50 years when even Orang Asli also dont vote for you guys. I always believe that it’s better late than never.
Comment by Nithiz — April 29, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
Hello Kula, I think u always behind lim kit siang and dare voice out what you wanted in heart, seen the Orang Asli is forgotten , ahy u voice up in Parliment, instead talking in the blog ?
U are not auther nor journalist, u are YB, u should bring this issue to arliment, hope next pls voice out this issue and …. the BN OK
Comment by Jason ANG — May 1, 2008 @ 9:18 am
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