A group of Orang Asli from Johor has sent a memorandum to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) protesting encroachment into their customary land and sacred grave sites.

They claim that a contractor has been digging up trenches at a sacred Orang Asli grave site in Johor, according to a press statement released by the Kampung Orang Asli Ledang Action Committee.

The committee claimed that the contractor, working on the Taman Negara Johor project, has been carrying out construction on land that rightfully belongs to the Orang Asli, as defined under Section 134 of the Orang Asli Act, 1954, since Dec 27 last year.