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Orang Asli - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Japanese invaders swept from Kota
        Bharu in the north to Singapore
      - Many individuals and organisations took refuge in the hills
        and forests
      - Friendly contacts made by many Chinese with the OrangAsli before the war became invaluable during the Occupation
      - The jungle peoples also became targets for Communist propaganda
      - Members of the MPAJA carefully nurtured friendships with the Orang Asli and they even went as far as to protect the jungle peoples from the attacks of bandits and Japanese troops
      - In return the Orang Asli aided the Communist forces by
        providing porters, guides, food and intelligence
  - - - hundreds did not survive the experience
  - - - Widespread in the Malay States in the 19th century
      - two main classes of ordinary slaves
        
        (abdi)
        
        debtor
        slaves (orang berhutang)
      - long history in South East Asia
      - As infidels (kafir), Orang Asli could be captured and
        enslaved
      - • Children were regarded as particularly desirable by the
        slave hunters
    - - have dealings with the jungle people
      - A number of Chinese men married into Orang Asli communities, learnt their languages, and lived with the tribes
      - The Chinese community in the Malay States had much less contact with the Orang Asli than did the Malays