Media coverage on orang asli 'problematic'

comments     Geraldine Tong     Published     Updated

Public perception of the orang asli (indigenous people) tends to be negative due to problematic media coverage of their issues, Center for Orang Asli Concerns coordinator Colin Nicholas said today.

"(Due to problematic media coverage) the people think that the orang asli are beneficiaries of charity," Colin said in a talk titled 'Covering the Native' at the Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS) office in Petaling Jaya.

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