Kelantan will defend the privileges of Indigenous Peoples

GUA MUSANG: Kelantan Government will continue to defend indigenous rights and privileges even though Article 153 of the Federal Constitution does not define the Orang Asli in the peninsula as 'Bumiputera'.

According to the Election Machinery Sub-Adviser Dun Galas, Datuk Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah, Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz in 1990 and has menggazetkan land is specific to ethnic minorities.

"When surprising that the Chief Minister of Kelantan, his first menggazetkan settlements and land owned by indigenous people who previously did not have occurred," he said.

He is also Member of Parliament for Kota Baru, said Nik Aziz also directed the establishment of the Cooperative Kijang Mas specifically for Aboriginal people of Kelantan in order to benefit from timber concessions.

"The government is also continuing its timber concession in Kijang Mas Cooperation with the condition that the Cooperative Kijang Mas to Kelantan," he said.

Because of that, he did not rule out the possibility that the general rejection of Orang Asli Affairs Department in the campaign Orang Asli (Aborigines) since October 26 and may be due to fair treatment by the state government.

"It seems that the department suppressed indigenous here," he said.

He also expressed confidence that the majority of the 1.886 registered voters among the indigenous peoples concerned to maintain the current welfare legacy left by the late Chek Hashim Sulaima in Dun Galas.

However, he advised the administration of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the Prime Minister not to ignore the claims of indigenous peoples in the peninsula such as the parliament last October 19.

"The government itself should sincerely help the Orang Asli is actually much longer, not only do not enter the definition of indigenous peoples (West) of the Constitution," he said.

Seeing the need to protect the rights and privileges of indigenous peoples, said the manifesto of the PAS candidate, Dr Zulkefli Mohamed them determined to establish a Secretariat for Aboriginal welfare to pursue the agenda before this late Chek Hashim.

"Dr Dhul, the manifestos to establish the Secretariat The Orang Asli.

"The state government saw the broader question of the interests of indigenous peoples, particularly relating to land and interests of indigenous peoples," he added.

30/10/10

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