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Malaysia risks criticism that it is gifting orang utans as a reward to major palm oil importers Read more at straitstimes.com.
Seven Orang Asli children disappeared from school in Malaysia last August. After 47 days only two were found alive.
KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian minister’s proposal to send orang utans as gifts to countries that buy its palm oil in a bid to show “commitment to biodiversity conservation” has been panned by ...
Virtually all Orang Asli households in Peninsular Malaysia are in the income bracket of the poorest 40% of Malaysians, says the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Center for Orang Asli Concerns.
As developers and other commercial players come knocking, the Mah Meri in Selangor are one of Malaysia's indigenous communities fighting to gazette their land before it’s too late.
In Malaysia, a group of Orang Asli (First Peoples) women have been advocating to strengthen their representation in Malaysian society through documentaries and workshops.
Asia Malaysia's indigenous tribes fight for ancestral land and rights in a modern world Mr Seu Med lives with his family in this hut at the Muadzam Shah landfill in Rompin district, Pahang.
KUALA LUMPUR — Donations to a Malaysian orang utan conservation programme will be eligible for tax relief, including on funds that come from palm oil industry players, the overseeing foundation ...
The orang minyak has been spotted in Malaysia several times in recent months. But just what is this monstrous creature that supposedly kidnaps young girls?