Mana Kementerian Orang Asal (Asli)?

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Suaram: No to 'redundant' FT Ministry, yes to Ministry for Orang Asal

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — Putrajaya should introduce a portfolio to cater for the oft-neglected Orang Asal community rather than retain the “redundant” Federal Territories Ministry, human rights watchdog Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) said today.

Suaram director Kua Kia Soong said the FT Ministry would become even more dispensable if the local council elections that were stopped since 1965 are revived.

“At the moment, we see there’s a controversy over whether we should have a ministry of federal territories.

“If we have elected local government, do we need a minister or ministry for federal territories, or a mayor for Kuala Lumpur, a mayor for Putrajaya, a mayor for Labuan? We don’t,” he said at the launch of Suaram’s Malaysia Human Rights Report 2017.

Kua went on to stress the need for a ministry to look into and safeguard the interests of the Orang Asal community that includes the indigenous folk in Peninsular Malaysia and the natives in Sabah and Sarawak.

“But we talk about prioritising Orang Asal, the original people of Malaysia, the real Bumiputera. They are the poorest and most oppressed.

“They are the main oppressed people in Malaysia today, so it’s time for a new ministry for indigenous people, a new ministry for Orang Asal, rather than a redundant ministry for Federal Territories if and when we have elected local government,” he said.

Kua also mooted a well-known human rights activist and advocate for the indigenous community from Sabah, Jannie Lasimbang, as a candidate who could be suitable to be a minister for the Orang Asal, if such a portfolio is created.

“She’s a woman...She’s been an important person at the United Nations indigenous people agencies. She’s a leader at the United Nations before, so there’s no reason why we cannot have somebody like Jannie Lasimbang as minister for Orang Asal,” he said of the activist who recently won the Kapayan state seat in Sabah with a vote majority of 13,250.

“She’s a state assemblyman in Sabah. There’s no reason why she cannot be co-opted to become senator first and later become minister in the government,” he added.

Kua said one of the main problems with the existing Department of Orang Asli Development (Jakoa) — formerly known as Jheoa — was that it was never headed by someone from the Orang Asal community.

It was only just a few days before the May 9 general elections that Ajis Sitin became the first Orang Asli in the country’s history to be Jakoa director-general.

“All this time under Barisan Nasional, we only have Jheoa, a department that has more complaints than anything else,” he said.

Kua also said there was a sufficient pool of qualified and talented candidates from the Orang Asal community to be picked to fill in a ministerial post for the indigenous community, or even for posts such as councillors in local councils.

Kua was speaking about 21 top priority reforms that Suaram believed the Pakatan Harapan government could either introduce or initiate work on within 100 days of coming into power, including restoration of local elections.

Also listed in Suaram’s 21 urgent reforms to uphold human rights are the prioritising of the Orang Asal’s rights and livelihood; and the need to ensure sustainable development and environmental protection.

Suaram said it was crucial to recognise the Orang Asal’s rights to their ancestral land where they have lived in for centuries and to stop logging in their land, besides ensuring adequate facilities in their villages.

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PETALING JAYA: An activist has applauded calls for a ministry to prioritise the rights of the Orang Asli, saying this would be proof of the government’s commitment to helping the community.

Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) coordinator Colin Nicholas said the issues involving the Orang Asli were big enough to warrant a special ministry.

“It’s time for a new ministry for indigenous people, a new ministry for the Orang Asli, rather than having a redundant ministry for the Federal Territories,” he said at the launch of Suaram’s Malaysia Human Rights Report 2017 yesterday.

Suaram adviser Kua Kia Soong had said the Orang Asli, Malaysia’s indigenous people, were the poorest and most oppressed in the country.

Nicholas agreed, saying most of the people in the community were poor.

“If you talk about good governance, one of your main objectives is to remove poverty. During Najib Razak’s time as prime minister, the poverty rate was less than 3% of the national population.

“But among the Orang Asli, it is 60% of the population, depending on the price of commodities.

“The government said the official figure is 35% but we think it is about 60%. Extreme poverty among the Sabah and Sarawak natives is very high.

“So on those grounds alone, you need special attention, somebody to focus on why they are so poor, why they are being kept in poverty, and how to get them out of poverty,” he told FMT.

Nicholas said recognition of the Orang Asli’s traditional lands was a big issue in the two states, adding that land was a state matter with its own share of problems.

He said having a special ministry to serve the community would ensure proper focus on addressing the major issues, especially poverty.

He also questioned the continued existence of such issues despite many ministers in Sabah and Sarawak belonging to the community.

“They focus instead on national and state development issues,” he said.

According to Nicholas, the Orang Asli in the peninsula form only 0.6% of the population, numbering about 205,000.

Although acknowledging that the issues affecting the Orang Asli wouldn’t be solved just by having a special ministry, Nicholas said at least more attention would be given to their plight.

“The federal government can handle the allocations while the state can solve land matters,” he said, warning however that the ministry must be led by a capable minister who cared for the Orang Asli.

He also said the Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) must not be seen as a welfare or charity body. Instead, he said, it needed to be empowered to be more active in fighting for the development and progress of the community.

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Calon Menteri Orang Asal




Jannie Lasimbang
YB DUN KEPAYAN (DAP)

Jannie Lasimbang adalah bekas wartawan RTM Sabah. Jannie dilantik sebagai anggota Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam) bagi tempoh 2010-2013 mulai Jun 2010. Perdana Menteri Malaysia Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak setuju atas pelantikan itu.

Pendidikan dan kerjaya
Beliau anak kelahiran Kampung Nampasan, Penampang, Sabah dan tidak pernah sunyi dari mendengar rintihan rakyat pribumi Sabah.

Jannie, merupakan siswazah Sarjana Muda Biokimia dari Universiti Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom pada 1984. Beliau bekerja sebagai wartawan di RTM Sabah bagi tempoh yang singkat sebelum menyertai Jabatan Hasil Dalam Negeri Sabah, Kota Kinabalu selama dua tahun.

Pada 1987, beliau membantu menubuhkan Partners of Community Organisations in Sabah (PACOS Trust) dan bekerja untuk pertubuhan sukarela ini sehingga tahun 2000. Pacos trust, sebuah pertubuhan kemasyarakatan yang berpusat di Sabah, bertujuan meningkatkan kualiti hidup masyarakat pribumi menerusi pengukuhan organisasi kemasyarakatan, memperkukuhkan sistem pengetahuan masyarakat pribumi dan pengurusan sumber asli, serta menambah baik jagaan dan perkembangan awal kanak-kanak.

Beliau menjadi Setiausaha Agung Pakatan Penduduk Pribumi Asia dan merupakan bekas pengerusi Dana Sukarela Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu bagi Penduduk Pribumi.

Pesuruhjaya Suhakam
Jannie, 47, berhasrat memperjuangkan nasib kaum wanita dan penduduk pribumi di Malaysia. Semua pihak termasuk kerajaan, sektor swasta, NGO dan masyarakat keseluruhannya hendaklah melindungi hak asasi manusia.

Pengerusi Eksekutif Institut Diplomasi dan Hubungan Luar Negeri (IDFR), Tan Sri Hasmy Agam dilantik sebagai pengerusi baru Suhakam. Anggota lain ialah Muhammad Sha'ani Abdullah, Profesor Datuk Dr Khaw Lake Tee, James Deva Nayagam, Profesor Datuk Dr Mahmood Zuhdi A.Majid dan Detta anak Samen.[1]

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Statistik Orang Asli

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Orang Asli​ ministry​ will show government cares, says activist
Nurul Azwa Aris | June 20, 2018
Colin Nicholas says a ministry specifically for the Orang Asli will ensure proper focus on addressing major issues affecting the community, especially poverty.

Activist Colin Nicholas says extreme poverty among the Sabah and Sarawak natives is very high.

PETALING JAYA: An activist has applauded calls for a ministry to prioritise the rights of the Orang Asli, saying this would be proof of the government’s commitment to helping the community.

Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) coordinator Colin Nicholas said the issues involving the Orang Asli were big enough to warrant a special ministry.

“It’s time for a new ministry for indigenous people, a new ministry for the Orang Asli, rather than having a redundant ministry for the Federal Territories,” he said at the launch of Suaram’s Malaysia Human Rights Report 2017 yesterday.

Suaram adviser Kua Kia Soong had said the Orang Asli, Malaysia’s indigenous people, were the poorest and most oppressed in the country.

Nicholas agreed, saying most of the people in the community were poor.

“If you talk about good governance, one of your main objectives is to remove poverty. During Najib Razak’s time as prime minister, the poverty rate was less than 3% of the national population.

“But among the Orang Asli, it is 60% of the population, depending on the price of commodities.

“The government said the official figure is 35% but we think it is about 60%. Extreme poverty among the Sabah and Sarawak natives is very high.

“So on those grounds alone, you need special attention, somebody to focus on why they are so poor, why they are being kept in poverty, and how to get them out of poverty,” he told FMT.

Nicholas said recognition of the Orang Asli’s traditional lands was a big issue in the two states, adding that land was a state matter with its own share of problems.

He said having a special ministry to serve the community would ensure proper focus on addressing the major issues, especially poverty.

He also questioned the continued existence of such issues despite many ministers in Sabah and Sarawak belonging to the community.

“They focus instead on national and state development issues,” he said.

According to Nicholas, the Orang Asli in the peninsula form only 0.6% of the population, numbering about 205,000.

Although acknowledging that the issues affecting the Orang Asli wouldn’t be solved just by having a special ministry, Nicholas said at least more attention would be given to their plight.

“The federal government can handle the allocations while the state can solve land matters,” he said, warning however that the ministry must be led by a capable minister who cared for the Orang Asli.

He also said the Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) must not be seen as a welfare or charity body. Instead, he said, it needed to be empowered to be more active in fighting for the development and progress of the community.