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During the 14th Malaysian Law Conference, held two weeks ago in Kuala Lumpur, it would seem the lawyers got a bit of an education about indigenous life and the challenges facing the Indigenous People of Malaysia.

In the morning of the final day of the conference, there was a session entitled “Orang Asli and Our Constitution – Protecting Indigenous Customs and Cultural Rights.”

The first speaker in the hour was Dr. Ramy Bulan, from the Centre for Legal Pluralism and Indigenous Law at the University of Malaya. Dr. Bulan explained to the …

The Orang Asli are those Indigenous to Peninsular Malaysia. Numbering over 100,000, the Orang Asli are comprised of 18 different communities - most of whom hold their own Languages and Traditions.

Living primarily in the Forests of Malaysia, the Orang Asli (which means ‘Original People’ in Malay) have had an historical experience not unlike the Indigenous with the Colonial States of Canada, America, and Australia…

In the 18th and 19th centuries slavery was a ‘common feature’ among the Orang, who were commonly viewed as as ‘kafirs’, and ‘non-humans.’

The modus operandi was basically to swoop down on a settlement and kill off …