PETALING JAYA: The Selangor Government plans to gazette some 25 orang asli villages by August following the recording of a landmark settlement in the Federal Court for RM6.5mil to be paid to seven Temuan plaintiffs for ac-quisition of their native customary land.
Its Orang Asli Land Task Force chairman Elizabeth Wong said the settlement yesterday was a landmark one as it recognised the orang asli’s right to customary lands.
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