Removal of Orang Asli blockade in Gerik lawful as land is state’s, says Perak MB
Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu says the state checked the Orang Asli’s claims that the logging area is on their traditional land but found that it is not true. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 16, 2019.
THE Perak government allowed the demolition of an Orang Asli blockade on state land in Kg Tasik Cunex, Gerik as the area involved is not recognised as indigenous land, Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu said. Calling the blockade “illegal”, he said Orang Asli residents in the village were already issued notices to remove the blockade in early April.
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