Living with Pak Belang.
Seeing the pitiful state of an Orang Asli household, I asked them,"Mengapa tak bela ayam?"
"Pak Belang datang nanti", Dolah answered.
We have encroached into all Orang Asli reservations with logging, development, and modern agriculture. They are driven further into the jungle to gather food sources and materials to trade. Alas, the resources are so meagre that they have to resort to hunting tigers for much needed cash.
Don't blame them but ourselves for destroying their ecosystem and not doing enough to provide means of livelihood.
If you really want to see how marginalised and ill-treated they are the perkampungan Orang Asli Lojing, Kelantan is such a pitiful state. Several years ago their kampong was surrounded by greeneries but now much bulldozed to their very doorsteps. The river where they used to bath, wash, and fish is murky with eroded soil.
Is this humanity in the land of Nik Aziz?
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