Lawyer and activist Siti Kasim has accused the government of trying to control the Orang Asli’s access to information by restricting who can enter their villages in Peninsular Malaysia.

She criticised the Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) for instructing the community not to accept visitors without permission from the agency.

According to a post on Jakoa’s Facebook page, the department on May 12 denied permitting...