KUANTAN: More than 50 percent of the orang asli are expected to remain below the poverty level or hardcore poor due to a surge in the cost of living.
Senator Osman Bungsu, who represents the arang asli community in the senate said 50 percent of the 141,230 orang asli are still categorised as hardcore poor or below the poverty level.
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