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