The Courts and the Restitution
                    of Indigenous Territories in Malaysia

Subramaniam, Yogeswaran; Nicholas, Colin

doi:10.5553/elr.000096

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“…Perlembagaan dan peruntukan undang-undang bertulis penting untuk mengiktiraf dan melindungi tanah orang Asal (Subramaniam & Nicholas, 2018). Peruntukan ini memberi penekanan kepada pemulihan dan usaha pengembalian kawasan tradisional kepada komuniti orang Asal.…”

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Tanah Komunal Alternatif Memiliki Tanah dalam Komuniti Orang Asli

Wahab

Manaf

2022

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Tanah sebagai satu sumber terpenting memberi kesejahteraan komuniti orang Asli dalam kehidupan seharian. Sejauhmana tanah masyarakat orang Asli boleh dilindungi? Kajian ini mengenal pasti domain tanah komunal yang diperlukan dalam mengintegrasikan pemberimilikan tanah secara komunal. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah pengumpulan data kualitatif melalui pendekatan in-depth interview bersama tiga (3) orang informan yang berpengalaman dalam bidang pentadbiran tanah serta isu tanah orang Asli. Kaedah ini digunakan untuk mendapatkan konsensus dan kesepakatan pakar dalam mengintegrasikan pemilikan tanah melalui kaedah geran komunal. Dapatan sorotan literatur mendapati terdapat lima (5) domain tanah komunal iaitu identiti, sosial, governan, kesejahteraan komuniti, dan hak asasi orang Asli. In-depth interview dengan informan mendapati tanah komunal sangat perlu bagi menjamin social conventions, dan daya tahan sosial (social resilience) masyarakat orang Asli terhadap tanah. Di samping melindungi fleksibiliti komuniti terhadap perubahan sosial yang berlaku ke atas tanah. Implikasi daripada kajian ini boleh membantu pihak agensi untuk membangunkan model hak milik tanah bergeran komunal yang komprehensif bagi masyarakat orang Asli agar hak orang Asli terhadap tanah boleh dilindungi.

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Tanah Komunal Alternatif Memiliki Tanah dalam Komuniti Orang Asli

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Manaf

2022

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“…Hence, there is a need to empower them over their customary lands (Hamzah, 2012;Subramaniam, 2010). However, in deciding the issue of restitution of indigenous lands and resources, the Malaysian courts are slow, and the case is costly (Subramaniam et al, 2018).…”

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Wildlife Hunting Rights of the Aborigines in Peninsular Malaysia: A Dilemma Protecting Humans or Animals?

Hussain¹,

Hamin²,

Ariffin³

et al. 2022

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In Malaysia, the native customary rights of the indigenous people, known as the 'Orang Asli', are rather broad, including fishing, hunting, and foraging that flow from site-specific occupation and livelihood. However, in the modern era, despite the protection of the old preindependence legislation, the Aboriginal Peoples Act of 1954, the aborigines' exercise of such rights appears to be problematic as the more recent legislations, such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, invoke several restrictions on fishing or hunting in the forest areas occupied by the aborigines. Additionally, most local literature mainly focuses on the aborigines' land rights; consequently, hunting rights have remained under-researched. Given the dearth of academic research on this right, this paper examines how the 2010 Act infringes on the aborigines' hunting rights and, broadly, their traditional way of life. This paper adopts a qualitative research methodology, employing a doctrinal content analysis that would provide a subterranean understanding of the tension between the legal protection of wildlife and the aborigines' rights in Malaysia. The findings revealed that the native rights and social interests of the aborigines are mainly ignored, overlooked and appear to be superseded by the interests of wildlife animals.

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“…By virtue of the abovementioned cases, the court had given judicial recognition to the customary land rights of Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia (Cheah, 2004). The case of Adong 4 has paved the way for the Orang Asli communities to affirm their rights to customary territories in courts beyond the written laws (Subramaniam, 2018 Since it fails to fully appreciate the customary land system, this view receives a number of criticisms where the Courts did accept the principles that the customary rights are based on the custom and practice of the native. Still they refused to adhere to these principles (Bulan & Locklear, 2009).…”

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Customary Land Rights of Orang Asli: A Case Study in Kampung Parit Gong, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Khan

Mohd

Hassan

et al. 2021

UUM Journal of Legal Studies

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The Orang Asli group forms a minority community in Peninsular Malaysia, whose livelihood mostly depends on their land and the surrounding area. Dispute over customary land rights of Orang Asli has been continual in Malaysia although Malaysian Courts, in several cases, have upheld the Common Law rights of Orang Asli to their customary lands. This poses a challenge to some Orang Asli communities and State Governments. Based on focus group discussion, profiling survey, and library research methods, this paper analyses the land rights of Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia, by placing focus on Orang Asli in Kampung Parit Gong, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan. The findings indicate that the Kampung Parit Gong Orang Asli community has been strictly adhering to the customs of ‘adat perpatih’ since yesteryears, and that they highly value the land, both through usage of land and by inheritance. Several important concerns were raised by the Orang Asli in Kampung Parit Gong, particularly on the security over their rights on the said customary land and the guarantee of their future generations’ socio-economic wellbeing. Having said that, this paper proposes several legal and administrative measures to not only address the uprising issues, but also to ascertain that the rights of Orang Asli residing in Peninsular Malaysia are secured.

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The Courts and the Restitution of Indigenous Territories in Malaysia

Abstract: Despite enjoying distinct and privileged constitutional sta-

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Tanah Komunal Alternatif Memiliki Tanah dalam Komuniti Orang Asli

Tanah Komunal Alternatif Memiliki Tanah dalam Komuniti Orang Asli

Wildlife Hunting Rights of the Aborigines in Peninsular Malaysia: A Dilemma Protecting Humans or Animals?

Customary Land Rights of Orang Asli: A Case Study in Kampung Parit Gong, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

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