Cameron Highlands rep turns heads in Parliament with Orang Asli headgear
Ramli Mohd Noor takes his oath as a member of the parliament during the swearing-in ceremony at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur March 12, 2019. ― Picture by Firdaus Latif
“I wore this as a symbol, as the first Orang Asli in Dewan Rakyat. This is my first speech, the voice of Orang Asli in Dewan Rakyat. He said Semai is one of the 18 ethic Orang Asli groups in the peninsula and is one of the largest tribes. Some of the eight issues highlighted by Ramli in Dewan Rakyat earlier include education, economy, wages of the Orang Asli community, infrastructure, and the land of the Orang Asli.
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