While the orang asli have been assisted in cultivating the land they live on, they remain in a precarious position still, as most do not hold title to the land.
THERE are no gazetted orang asli settlement areas in Kelantan,” sighs Department of Orang Asli Development (Jakoa) director-general Datuk Hasnan Hassan. “They don’t allocate for orang asli settlements, so it is difficult.”
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