Ia susulan laporan mengenai tahap pemakanan kurang nutrisi dalam kalangan kanak-kanak Orang Asli di Pos Kemar, Perak kerana kekurangan makanan.
Penduduk Orang Asli yang mata pencariannya bergantung kepada hutan membuat bantahan terhadap pembalakan di kawasan mereka.
Tijah Yok Chapil berkata terdapat 853 kampung Orang Asli di Semenanjung yang bergantung kepada hutan sebagai mata pencarian mereka. Orang Asli di sana juga didakwa hanya tinggal beberapa kerat sahaja di hutan kerana penebangan hutan yang berleluasa.Tijah berkata dalam setiap 853 penduduk kampung, hanya beberapa orang sahaja kerja di bandar, sementara yang lain bergantung kepada hutan untuk memperoleh pendapatan dengan menjual tebu, herba, buluh dan ulaman.
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