Orang Asli activists featured as panellists in the “Himpunan Marhaen” forum series has highlighted persistent encroachment on ancestral lands that continued during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an organiser.

Forum organiser and Gabungan Marhaen representative Suresh Kumar in a statement said the panellists discussed how encroachment, abuse of power and land acquisition had persisted even though the rights of the Orang Asli are guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.

“The night’s discussion also...