Assaulted orang asli group claims cops sided with attackers


Painful ordeal: Itam (left) and Rahman pointing to the injuries they sustained in the assault.

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of orang asli are crying foul over what they say is police inaction after a few of them were assaulted by about 100 Myanmar nationals over land disputes.

The small group travelled hundreds of kilometres from their village, Kampung Kuala Tahu in Lojing, Kelantan, to Bukit Aman yesterday, seeking justice over their plight.

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