Federal govt not appealing in suit over Temiar Orang Asli land dispute

The federal government is not pursuing an appeal to reinstate a suit on behalf of the Temiar Orang Asli involving alleged land encroachment in Kelantan.

This was in relation to the Kelantan government’s earlier successful appeal for the Court of Appeal to strike out the federal government’s suit over purported encroachment into the Temiar’s customary land in Pos Simpor, Gua Musang.

On June 3, the Court of Appeal allowed the Kelantan government’s appeal...