Orang Asli
Group and Location
Negrito(Semang)
Kensiu
Kintak
Jahai
Lanoh
Mendriq
Batek
Southeast Kelantan
Northeast Perak and West Kelantan
Northeast Kedah
Kedah-Perak Border
North Central Perak
Northeast Pahang and South Kelantan
Senoi
Chewong
Mah Meri
Semoq Beri
Jah Hut
Temiar
Semai
Northwest Pahang and South Perak
North Perak and South Kelantan
Central Pahang
Central Pahang
Coastal Selangor
South Central Pahang
Aboriginal(Proto) Malay
Jakun
Orang Kanaq
Semelai
Orang Kuala
Temuan
Orang Seletar
Selangor and Negeri Sembilan
Central Pahang and East Negeri Sembilan
South Pahang and North Johor
East Johor
West and South Coasts of Johor
West and South Coasts of Johor
Relationships between Orang Asli and various
groups
Before WW2
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contact with chinese
Orang Asli as Slave
important leadership roles
provide marine produce
work at Malay goldmines
play important role in trade
Senoi obtained commodities
Proto-Malays: close contact with Malays for hundreds of years
Japanese Occupation of Malaya
MPAJA nurtured friendships with the Orang Asli
Orang Asli aided the Communist forces
friendly contacts made by many Chinese with the Orang Asli during the occupation
Emergency
in 1951, death rate in one large camp reached the figure of 204 per thousand
1n 1953, its functions limited to an advisory role
Orang Asli resettled into hastily prepared camps surrounded by barbed wire
The Government took an active and extensive interest in Orang Asli welfare and development
welfare of the Orang Asli came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Welfare
Orang Asli were the main interest of the British administration
Post-Emergency
a significant number of Orang Asli have never attended school
development- unfolding social history
Health problems made worse by poverty
Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli was formed