The group and location of Orang Asli.

Senoi

Semai

Temiar

Jah Hut

Northwest Pahang and South Perak

North Perak and South Kelantan

Central Pahang

Chewong

Central Pahang

Mah Meri

Coastal Selangor

Semoq Beri

South Central Pahang

Aboriginal (Proto) Malay

Temuan

Selangor and Negeri Sembilan

Semelai

Central Pahang and East Negeri Sembilan

Jakun

South Pahang and North Johor

Orang Kanaq

East Johor

Orang Kuala

West and South Coasts of Johor

Orang Seletar

West and South Coasts of Johor

Negrito (Semang)

Kensiu

Northeast Kedah

Kintak

Kedah-Perak Border

Jahai

Northeast Perak and West Kelantan

Lanoh

North Central Perak

Mendriq

Southeast Kelantan

Batek

Northeast Pahang and South Kelantan

Relationships between Orang Asli Before WW2

Relationships between Orang Asli During the Japanese Occupation of Malaya

Aboriginal (Proto) Malay

Have been assimilated
into the Malay communities and converted to islam

close contact with the
Malays for hundreds of years

The jungle peoples also became targets for Communist
propaganda

Senoi and Negrito

were more isolated from the
outside world before WW2

Senoi obtained commodities such as salt jungle knives (parang) and metal axe
heads.

selling or exchanging jungle produce in the form of rotan

played an important role in trade and
governance in the region

Orang asli treat as slave

Members of the MPAJA carefully nurtured friendships with
the Orang Asli

To protect the jungle people from the attacks of bandits and Japanese
troops.

Orang Asli aided the Communist forces by
providing porters, guides, food and intelligence

Relationships between Orang Asli during the Emergency period

The government's interest in the Orang Asli was seen as a
critical matter of national security

Thousands of Orang Asli resettled into hastily prepared camps
surrounded by barbed wire to prevent their escape

e Bukit Betong resettlement camp in Pahang was occupied by the Semai in the early 1950

In 1954, the department aborigines had become responsible for the provision of education, welfare and medical facilities in orang asli areas

Relationships between Orang Asli during Post-Emergency period

The drafted document reaffirms the new government's intention
to continue to protect and recognize Orang Asli

Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli was formed

Orang Asli faced health problem due to poverty

Numerous Orang Asli children did not continue to secondary school

Orang Asli still adheres to animistic beliefs and believing that all natural objects have souls.