Kami Wanita Orang Asli, Dengar Suara Kami!

THE VOICES OF ORANG ASLI WOMEN, this documentary features 6 Orang Asli who lived their lives in resilience against external forces and influence to forcefully assimilate them with “regular” citizens of Malaysia. Documented by Orang Asli for Orang Asli, this production aims to raise public awareness on the often silenced plights of Orang Asli women. Join Asmah, Fatimah, Yebet, Vira, Asnovinia and Ismail as they recount their struggles and persistence in protecting their native rights in Peninsular Malaysia amidst imminent risks of losing their native lands, customary practices and economic sustainability. Listen to them for they are Orang Asli women, mothers and children of the nation.
KAMI WANITA ORANG ASLI, DENGAR SUARA KAMI, dokumentari ini memaparkan kehidupan 6 Orang Asli yang tabah menghadapi cabaran dan pengaruh luar menentang asimilasi paksaan dengan rakyat “biasa” Malaysia. Didokumentasi oleh Orang Asli untuk Orang Asli, produksi ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesedaran awam terhadap rintihan wanita Orang Asli yang sering dipinggirkan oleh kerajaan. Ayuh marilah bersama Asmah, Fatimah, Yebet, Vira, Asnovinia dan Ismail, kami kupas dan bilang perjuangan dan ketabahan mereka dalam mempertahankan asal usul mereka di Semenanjung Malaysia walaupun berhadapan dengan risiko kehilangan tanah adat, budaya, cara hidup dan pengekalan ekonomi. Dengarkanlah suara mereka kerana mereka adalah wanita Orang Asli, ibu-ibu dan anak-anak Malaysia.
EXPLANATORY NOTES:
The National Land Code 1965 does not recognise native customary land rights and all unalienated land belongs to the State.
The Land Acquisition Act 1960 provides that the State may acquire land for any public purpose; or land in the opinion of the State is beneficial to economic development; or land for purpose of mining, residential, agricultural, commercial, industrial or recreational.
The Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954 provides powers to the State Authority to revoke the status of gazetted Aboriginal Reserves.
The court should recognise the common law Indigenous Rights such as the customary communal title, a right acquired in law and not based on document of title under the National Land Code 1965. The common law rights should be enforceable in a court of law.
2 landmark decisions:-
Kerajaan Negeri Johor & Anor v Adong bin Kuwau & Ors [1998] 2 CLJ 665 (Court of Appeal)
Held: In Malaysia the aborigines’ common law rights include, inter alia, the right to live on their land as their forefathers had lived and this would mean that even the future generations of the aboriginal people would be entitled to this right of their forefathers
Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors v Sagong bin Tasi & Ors [2005] 4 CLJ 169 (Court of Appeal)
Held: the essential characteristic of native customary land is that the native not only have a right over the land but also an interest in the land. It is a right acquired in law and not based on any document of title.