GUA MUSANG (Malaysia) — Malaysia's National Day, or Merdeka Day, this year may be more significant under a new government, but for the first inhabitants of this country, the orang asli, it is still ...

IPOH: Rasila Yas, Malaysia’s first Orang Asli principal, has been honoured with the Orang Asli Icon Award in recognition of her achievements and contributions. The 54-year-old principal of SMK ...

SCORING a perfect 4.00 in the Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) examinations was not only a personal triumph for Yasmein Sabreena Aezry, but also a trailblazing achievement for the Orang Kuala ...

For decades they have been bullied, ignored and marginalized, forced off their land and deprived of their rights. All that is about to change for the unassuming Orang Asli, the indigenous people of ...

One evening in November 2021, in the village of Kampung Kaloi in Malaysia’s Kelantan state, villagers gathered at the community hall. Their blind shaman, Along Busu, sat alone and stared straight ...

KUALA LUMPUR — Donations to a Malaysian orang utan conservation programme will be eligible for tax relief, including on funds that come from palm oil industry players, the overseeing foundation said ...

The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) today urged the government not to overlook the Orang Asli community, many of whom it said were not included in the distribution of the Bantuan ...

SANDAKAN, Sabah - Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orang utans, but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister said on Aug 18, in a revised ...

Throughout the dense tropical rainforests of Belum-Temenggor Forest Complex (BTFC) in Malaysia, the Malaysian Nature Society’s (MNS) Hornbill Guardian teams patrol the landscape in search of Helmeted ...

On a hot Sunday afternoon last August, seven indigenous children disappeared from their remote boarding school in Malaysia’s north east. After 47 days, only two were found alive in the jungle. One of ...