Orang Asli activist Ramesh Arumugam Chettiar wants the government to suspend tok batin (village heads) who flee their villages to avoid Covid-19 rather than lead their people during times of crisis.

Ramesh, who is founder of Koperasi Pembangunan Orang Asli, claimed that there were some selfish tok batin who abandoned their posts to go to the jungle and only surface to withdraw their monthly allowances from Jakoa.

“I want the government to...