KUALA LUMPUR, oct (IPS) - Indígenas de Malasia, conocidos por el nombre genérico de "orang asli", preparan más movilizaciones en protesta por un proyecto de ley que los privaría de sus tierras ancestrales.

Los orang asli representan 0,5 por ciento de los 27 millones de habitantes de este país de Asia sudoriental.

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Taipei, July 6 (CNA) Minister Sun Ta-chuan of the Cabinet-level Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) vowed Tuesday to further enhance the rights of the Pingpu plain aboriginal tribes of Taiwan.

"The era during which the existence of Pingpu tribes was ignored or even denied has come to an end, as the CIP has established a task force to take care of Pingpu-related affairs, " Sun said at a press conference.

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