Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil urges Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu to think of other ways of growing the economy rather than allowing logging on Orang Asli traditional land.
The Orang Asli have every right to build a blockade to protect their land and should be allowed to do it without permission from the state, says an environmental activist.
Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil, who is president of Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam Malaysia , said the Orang Asli had every right to build a blockade to protect their land and should be allowed to do it without permission from the state. Saying the Orang Asli had made the blockade to prevent such a danger and to protect their livelihood, she asked: “Is it wrong?”
The blockade at the Kampung Tasik Cunex Orang Asli settlement in Gerik, Perak, was demolished on Thursday by the state government.Sabrina urged Faizal not to look merely at developing the state without taking the environmental factor into account. “We want development too but there is a way, not through this ‘short-cut’ of gaining money.”
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