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ORANG ASLI
The Orang Asli, sometimes known as "Original Peoples," are the ancestors of the Malay Peninsula's earliest known inhabitants, who arrived as early as 25,000 years ago.
It is an ethnic name applied by the colonial authority to distinguish them from the main Malay, Chinese, and Indian groups.
Orang Asli constituted about 0.6 percent of Malaysia's population in 2010, reaching around 180,000.
The name "Orang Asli" refers to the 19 sub-ethnic groups that are officially divided into three categories for administrative purposes: Senoi, Negrito, and Aboriginal Malay.
The Orang Asli played a key role in regional trade and governance, and alliances with the Orang Asli were highly sought after by Malay settlers.
During this time period, up until the early twentieth century, the Malays relied on the Orang Asli as their principal supply of forest products for international trade, such as rattan, resin, gutta percha, and sandalwood.
• Some Chinese businessmen, cultivators, and forestry workers had interactions with the jungle people, and it appears that the connections formed were typically pleasant and mutually beneficial.
- Japanese Occupation of Malaya
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The jungle peoples were also targets for Communist indoctrination, which was especially successful when delivered by persons they trusted and had known for years.
Members of the MPAJA assiduously maintained connections with the Orang Asli, even going so far as to defend the jungle peoples from robbers and Japanese troops. In exchange, the Orang Asli supported the Communist forces by providing porters, guides, food, and intelligence on Japanese activities if they ventured into the thick bush.
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The Department of Social Welfare was in charge of the Orang Asli's welfare from 1947 to 1949, when the British Military Administration was in charge.
The success of resettling the Chinese led the authorities to believe that similar measures might be used to deny the Orang Asli's support for the Communists.
• Thousands of Orang Asli were relocated to hastily constructed camps around by barbed wire to keep them from fleeing. The OA struggled to adapt psychologically, physically, and mentally, and hundreds died as a result.
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• In 1961, the newly independent government issued a "Statement of policy for the governance of aborigine people of the Federation of Malaya" through the Ministry of Interior.
The new government's determination to continue to defend and recognise Orang Asli rights is reaffirmed in this document.
In terms of Orang Asli matters, M$ 1,500,000 has been set out under the Second Five-Year Plan for projects that will benefit the OA
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Location
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The Negrito
People of the Kensiu (northeast Kedah), Kintak (Kedah-Perak border), Jahai (northeast Perak and West Kelantan), Lanoh (north-central Perak), Mendriq (southeast Kelantan), and Batek (southeast Kelantan) (Northeast Pahang and South Kelantan)
The Aboriginal
The majority of Aboriginal Malays dwell in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, in the southern portion of the Peninsula.