Waytha urges police to release Orang Asli arrested in Gerik blockade


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 20 Jul 2019

PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department P. Waytha Moorthy is urging the police to release the three Temiar Orang Asli arrested on Saturday morning (July 20) in Gerik, Perak, after they put up a blockade in a dispute with loggers.

“I urge the police to release the three Temiar Orang Asli reported to have been arrested at the Kampung Sungai Papan blockade site this morning,” he said.

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