When the media reported that Malaysia's indigenous people, the Orang Asli, were moving “back to the jungle” during the Covid-19 lockdown and blockading their villages to stop the spread of the ...

Virtually all Orang Asli households in Peninsular Malaysia are in the income bracket of the poorest 40% of Malaysians, says the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Center for Orang Asli Concerns.