Fearful of losing homes, Kelantan Orang Asli seek PM's help to stop RM5b Nenggiri hydro dam project

PUTRAJAYA, June 7 — Some 150 Temiar Orang Asli from Kelantan journeyed in three buses to the federal administrative capital here this morning in a bid to save their homes from being destroyed to make way for a RM5 billion hydroelectric dam

“We also want the relevant authorities to stop all logging and mining activities related to it because they are the main causes for floods and droughts in our state,” he added. “This will also affect wildlife habitat, which causes wild tigers to roam and kill villagers, adding problems to our daily lives,” Mustafa added.

“They have started to build the new village but I don’t want to move from my hometown because I’m already used to here,” said Batin Majid, a 59-year-old village chief of Pos Pulat. A few uniformed police officers who had been keeping watch on the group followed them but the march was peaceful, punctuated by singing in their native tongue and lasted about 10 minutes as the group stopped outside the guardhouse where the demonstrators sought to hand over their memorandum to a government representative.

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