Waytha: No plans for Orang Asli dept to relocate the Bateq


KUALA LUMPUR: The Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) denies it plans to move the Orang Asli in Kuala Koh to another location, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department P. Waytha Moorthy.

Waytha, the minister in charge of Orang Asli welfare and interests, denied the claims made by Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah in an English news portal on Tuesday (June 18).

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