Shaq Koyok only paints Orang Asli subjects - with good reason

MALAYSIANSKINI | Eleven-year-old aspiring doctor Akma Mamin is delighted to learn that her portrait will soon adorn the outer wall of her classroom block, for all to see.

Beside her is Heriziman Herman, who has just finished his UPSR. He, too, beams at the idea of a giant painting of his face remaining long after he graduates from primary school.

The Temuan-Semai teenagers are the subjects of artist Shahar “Shaq” Koyok’s mural at the Orang Asli school SK Bukit Lanjan.

A Temuan himself, Shaq is on a mission to push the Orang Asli to the forefront of public consciousness through his work...