Kelantan gazettes 1,644 ha of land as Orang Asli settlement, agriculture area

KOTA BARU (Bernama): The Kelantan government has gazetted 1,644 ha of land as settlement and agriculture area for the Orang Asli community in the state, the state assembly was told Monday (Aug 10).

Deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said it involved nine areas, including Kuala Lah, Kampung Tuel, Kampung Lut and Kampung Galang in Gua Musang.

"It was done following a proposal by the Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa). There were several other suggestions, but they have yet to be implemented due to some issues or technical problems, ” he said in response to a question by Abdul Aziz Yusoff (BN-Nenggiri) on the matter.

Mohd Amar, who is also the state Public Administration, Regional Development, People’s Well-being and Integrity Committee chairman, in response to a supplementary question by Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim (BN-Galas) said the gazetting also took into account the interests of the second and third generations of the Orang Asli community. – Bernama