JOHOR BARU: The Johor Forestry Department is in the process of identifying and profiling the permanent forest reserves that have been exploited by outsiders, says its director Datuk Salim Aman.
JOHOR BARU: People should not question or confuse the Orang Asli community with regards to the gazetting of their land as Sultanate land, says Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
Following an alleged illegal mass conversion 30 years ago, 137 Orang Asli from the Bateq Mayah ethnic group petitioned the civil court to have their Islamic status annulled. On Sep. 28, last year, the 137 plaintiffs filed a writ of summons at the Kuala Lumpur High Court through the law…