Federal govt to help Kelantan with orang asli land issue

KOTA BARU: The federal government will help Kelantan to expedite the gazetting of orang asli land reserve in the state where there is currently a blockade standoff between members of the Temiar tribe and a plantation company.

Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister R. Sivarasa said both federal and the state governments shared the same policy in resolving the long-standing dispute involving native customary land by using previous court decisions as guidelines, including the Pos Belatim case.