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The Orang Asli Customary Land

Resource information

Date of publication: 
December 2013
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
ISSN 1675-1302
Pages: 
15
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Copyright details: 
© 2013 Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia

This paper briefly explains the unique relationships of Orang Asli with the customary land. It further demonstrates the common views that there is a collision between the Orang Asli notion of land ownership and that of the state. In particular the discussion highlights the interpretation of customary tenure under section 4 (2) (a) of the National Land Code, 1965 and it significance with the Orang Asli customary land. The paper also discusses the application of the United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to the new Orang Asli Land Policy and how it affected them.

Keywords: Indigenous people, Orang Asli, land law and customary tenure

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Hamimah Hamzah

Publisher(s): 
Journal of Administrative Science

The Journal of Administrative Science (JAS) is an international, interdisciplinary journal aims to prompt discussion, sharing and debate on topical issues of particular interest or concern in the developed and developing world. It deliberates the theoretical and empirical articles that incorporate with the administrative science issues from interrelated disciplinary standpoints. The journal welcomes contributions from scholars from the humanities and social sciences with a research interest in the developed and developing world.

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