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Title

In August, at a special...

Description

"In August, at a special function for the Orang Asli community in Kelantan, Tengku Razaleigh, now the state UMNO liaison committee chairman, told the Orang Asli that their living condition and livelihood would be better under a Barisan Nasional state government which would also take measures to overcome problems concerning the Orang Asli community including matters pertaining to the gazatting of the Orang Asli reserves (New Straits Times 4.8.1999). At the same function, Tengku Razaleigh, in his call to the Orang Asli to thelp the Barisan Nasional win in the coming general election, also claimed tha several areas of Orang Asli reserve land had been enroached upon by some quarters, including state goverment agencies, for logging and other activities."

Creator

Colin Nicholas

Source

Colin Nicholas. (2000). The Orang Asli and the contest for resources indigenous politics, development and identity in peninsular Malaysia. Copenhagen. International Work Group For Indigenous Affairs. p.165.

DS595.2 O73Nic

Date

2000

Contributor

amirul

Type

Book