SIBU: The term “Dayak” coined by the colonial power to describe all 26 non-Muslim communities of Sarawak in the 1820s should no longer be used in present time, said Rural and Regional Development Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun.
He said the term should be dropped because it conveyed negative connotations like being uncivilised, uncouth and “low class“.
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