Orang Asli seeking court ruling on customary rights to land in Kg Pos Lanai

TEMERLOH: A total of 147 Orang Asli from the Semai tribe are seeking a court declaration that they are the holders of customary rights to the land in Kampung Pos Lanai, Kuala Lipis, near here.

In the suit filed in August 2021, they named the Pahang government, the state Land and Mines director, the state Forestry Director, the director-general of the Malaysian Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa and the Malaysian government as the defendants.