![]() In Sabah, the number of Covid cases had reached 238,357 by the end of 2021, with most of them being Native peoples. In the span of just one month, for example, the number of Covid cases among the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia climbed more than 10-fold, from 287 on 20 July 2021 to 3,293 on 20 August 2021. The second year of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a greater toll on the Orang Asal communities of Malaysia. Malaysia has adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and endorsed the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples but has not ratified ILO Convention 169.įurther marginali s ation under pandemic restrictions The principal act that governs Orang Asli administration, including occupation of the land, is the Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954. In Peninsular Malaysia, while there is a clear lack of reference to Orang Asli customary land rights in the National Land Code, Orang Asli customary tenure is recognised under common law. However, they are not properly implemented, and are often ignored by the government, which gives priority to large-scale resource extraction and the plantations of private companies and state agencies over the rights and interests of the Indigenous communities. In Sarawak and Sabah, laws introduced by the British during their colonial rule recognising the customary land rights and customary law of the Indigenous Peoples are still in place. While the Malays are also Indigenous to Malaysia, they are not categorised as Indigenous Peoples because they constitute the majority and are politically, economically and socially dominant. The main groups are the Dusun, Murut, Paitan and Bajau groups. In Sabah, the 39 different Indigenous ethnic groups are known as natives or Anak Negeri and make up some 2,233,100 or 58.6% of Sabah’s population of 3,813,200. They constitute around 1,932,600 or 70.5% of Sarawak’s population of 2,707,600 people. They include the Iban, Bidayuh, Kenyah, Kayan, Kedayan, Lunbawang, Punan, Bisayah, Kelabit, Berawan, Kejaman, Ukit, Sekapan, Melanau and Penan. ![]() In Sarawak, the Indigenous Peoples are collectively known as Natives (Dayak and/or Orang Ulu). The 18 Orang Asli subgroups within the Negrito (Semang), Senoi and Aboriginal-Malay groups account for 0.7% of the population of Peninsular Malaysia. The Orang Asli are the Indigenous Peoples of Peninsular Malaysia and they numbered 210,611 in 2019. They are collectively known as Orang Asal. ![]() Posted in MalaysiaĪs of 2019, the Indigenous Peoples of Malaysia were estimated to account for around 14% of the 33.45 million national population. ![]()
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