‘They have been here forever and may lose their identity’


‘Free’ to go: JKOAK secretary Mustafa Along (in purple) sitting in a makeshift shelter after being released by the supposed police officers. To the right in green is Maglo Tegau, who had also been detained by the men.

GUA MUSANG: “The jungles allow the orang asli to keep their identity and exist.”

These are the words of Mustafa Along, secretary of the Kelantan Network of Orang Asli Villages and one of the key spokesman of the orang asli community in the jungles near Gua Musang.

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