politicians
A Semai in Parliament
Ramli Mohd Nor, a Semai man from the Cameron Highlands who won a by-election to the Malaysian parliament in late January, gave his first official speech last week. According to one of the news accounts of his maiden address, Ramli is the first Orang Asli individual elected to the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of […]
Malaysian Politician Visits the Semai
A veteran Malaysian politician was unexpectedly stranded in an isolated Semai community in the Cameron Highlands on New Year’s Eve. The sense of being trapped fostered feelings of sympathy for the poverty of the Orang Asli. According to one news report, Lim Kit Siang, a long-time leader of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), entered the […]
A Politician Champions the Poor
News sources in India reported last week that the famous actor who goes by the stage name Chiranjeevi has once again taken an interest in the Yanadi. When he temporarily gave up his acting and entered politics ten years ago, his political career became mixed in with the relatively obscure tribal group in Andhra Pradesh. […]
