Center for Orang Asli Concerns
Malaysian Teachers Introduce Islam to Orang Asli Kids
Some Malaysian teachers are attempting to convert the Semai and other Orang Asli children in their schools to Islam. According to a news report on July 27, two different experts who spoke at a round-table dialogue on the education of the indigenous children described the subtle ways that teachers use for introducing their religious beliefs […]
Chewong Fruit Gardens Help Wildlife [journal article review]
Researchers affiliated with the University of Nottingham observed at the beginning of February that Southeast Asian rainforests can be food deserts for wildlife, though the Chewong are making a difference for terrestrial mammals. The reason, the scholars reported in a journal article, is that the forests do not produce an abundance of fruits. The investigation […]
Chewong Village Must Make Way for Progress and Money [video review]
The video opens in an Orang Asli community: a teenage girl carries a baby up a ladder into a house; a woman tends a cooking fire; two babies reach out and touch one another. A man plays a flute in the background to introduce a peaceful, bucolic village. Last Wednesday, the Center for Orang Asli […]
Chewong Refuse to Move
The Star from Malaysia reported last week that a Chewong community has decided they would refuse to move from their current location despite the proposed construction of the Kelau Dam. The paper quoted a 25-year old villager named Manau to the effect that the elders of the community would not agree to move. He felt […]
