Apex court rejects Orang Asli bid to appeal for injunction on encroachment

A group of Orang Asli villagers of Kg Kelaik, Gua Musang, Kelantan today failed to obtain leave to pursue their appeal at the Federal Court to get an interlocutory injunction order to stop 14 entities, including the Kelantan state government, from carrying out work on their ancestral land.

The villagers wanted to get the interlocutory injunction order, pending the disposal of their lawsuit in the High Court.

Federal Court judge Hasnah Mohammed Hashim dismissed...