A group of Orang Asli from the Jakun tribe today denied the allegations in a newspaper that they were living at a dumpsite in Jalan Bukit Ibam, Muadzam Shah in Rompin.Mahmud Dom, 55, representing the group of people who were photographed being at the dumpsite, said they went to the site to collect cans, bottles and scrap metal that could be resold to supplement their income.
"To just depend on a salary of RM900 a month is insufficient," he said in a statement to the Orang Asli Development Department Pahang received byMahmud, who gathers forest products as his main source of income, said he did not know the intentions of those who spread such allegations, but described it as being disrespectful of his community, besides smearing the good name of Jakoa, as well as that of Pahang and Malaysia.
Mahmud said members of his tribe were shocked when Pahang Jakoa director Johari Alwi and other government officials came to confirm the allegations after Al-Sultan Abdullah himself had ordered them to do so after the news had been broadcast. "Whatever portrayed is false, and to the extent of saying we eat rubbish is really demeaning to our people here," he said.
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