Consider This: Tasik Bera Dispute (Part 1) — What’s At Stake?

Authorities in Pahang suspect 7,000 hectares of the Tasik Bera Permanent Forest Reserve have been illegally cleared for commercial agriculture, and are now taking action to stop it. However, the Semelai Orang Asli say the affected territory is part of their ancestral land and livelihood, and dispute the portrayal of the situation. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Hon Kai Ping, lawyer and Chairperson of the Bar Council’s Committee on Orang Asli Rights.