Orang Asli residents at Pos Piah want a stop to logging

KUALA LUMPUR: The Orang Asli villagers at Pos Piah in Sungai Siput, Perak want the Perak government to stop logging and gazette the area as Orang Asli customary land.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the request was made via a memorandum submitted to the ministry in a meeting with their representatives on Dec 4.

“I met with 10 representatives of Orang Asli from Kampung Piah, Kampung Gentes, Kampung Teras and Kampung Kembok, accompanied by a special officer to the state assemblyman.

“They said that the logging activities were close to their villages and fear they will affect their livelihood which is highly dependent on the forest,” he said in a statement yesterday.

Wan Junaidi said he told the Orang Asli representatives that matters pertaining to land and forest were under the jurisdiction of the state government and pledged to deliver their wishes to the Perak government. — Bernama (GE14).

Johor Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the preparations, among others, involved implementing various special programmes and trainings to benefit the people.

“These also include programme launches and touchpoints under Budget 2018,” the Johor Menteri Besar, who is also state BN chairman, said when commenting on the Johor BN preparations to face the GE14 after the Umno General Assembly ended yesterday.

He added that the state BN leadership had yet to finalise

These also include programme launches and touchpoints under Budget 2018. Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, MB Johor

the list of candidates who would represent BN in the coming general election.

Earlier he launched the Utusan Borneo E- paper and presented aid to 300 recipients, including 100 students from the Sarawak community in conjunction with the coming Christmas celebration, courtesy of the Pasir Gudang Municipal Council Penyayang Foundation. — Bernama