Waytha urges police to release Orang Asli arrested in Gerik blockade

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PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department P. Waytha Moorthy is urging the police to release the three Temiar Orang Asli arrested on Saturday morning (July 20) in Gerik, Perak, after they put up a blockade in a dispute with loggers.

“I urge the police to release the three Temiar Orang Asli reported to have been arrested at the Kampung Sungai Papan blockade site this morning,” he said.

“Until the legal boundary of Orang Asli’s land rights are determined, I am of the view that it is illegal for state authorities to unilaterally grant permits for developers to encroach upon and exploit the rights of these defenceless people without prior informed consent. “Various government agencies, including State Menteris Besars, Forestry Department and the Police, do not wholly comprehend the provisions of the Constitution and the decided case laws which favour the rights of Orang Asli over the rights of the authorities.”“To this end, a conference on the Orang Asli was for the first time organised on April 22 which was graced by our Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad.

 

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