States have more power on Orang Asli land than Putrajaya - DPM

PARLIAMENT | States have more rights over land matters, such as Orang Asli reserves, than Putrajaya, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Rural and Regional Development Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this was based on the Ninth Schedule (State List) of the Federal Constitution.

“Under the Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954...