The Orang Asli in Malaysia: the legal protection of their rights to land / Nur Izzaina Yuhana … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Yuhana, Nur Izzaina, Hairan, Norhaslinda, Faizal, Farida Cheryl, Abu Hassan, Nurrul Dayana
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Law 2006
• Subjects: Ethnic groups; Malaysia; Straits Settlements (to 1942)
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28601/1/28601.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28601/

This project paper is a study of the adequacy of legal protection of rights to land of Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia. The law that governs Orang Asli is the Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954 (Revised-1974) which carries the purpose of protecting the welfare and socio economic of the Orang Asli. Howeve...