RIP: Sagong Tasi, elder who won orang asli rights to customary land

KUALA LUMPUR: Orang asli legend Sagong Tasi, whose land legal case win led to the first full customary land ownership in Peninsular Malaysia, has passed away, according to the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC).

In a post on COAC Facebook today (May 15), indigenous rights activist Dr Colin Nicholas said he died on Tuesday (May 14) at 11.15pm. He was 88.