80 Orang Asli in Rompin district are stateless

MUADZAM SHAH: Some 80 Orang Asli living in the Rompin district are stateless as they were born without birth certificates.

State Islamic Dakwah, Unity and Non-Governmental Organisations Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Sahfri Abdul Aziz said aboriginal people have no access to the National Registration Department to register childbirths or apply for an identity card.