KUCHING: An opposition lawmaker failed in his bid to introduce a Private Member’s Bill to amend the Sarawak Interpretation Ordinance to reclassify the state’s natives as Dayak.
Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa) sought leave to amend the ordinance’s schedule so that Sarawak’s natives would be identified as Dayak, comprising 22 sub-ethnic groups, and Malays.
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