Gua Musang Orang Asli have revitalised efforts to protect their ancestral lands, this time setting up blockades not just to hinder loggers, but also durian plantations.
Kelantan Orang Asli Villages Network (JKOAK) chief Mustafa Along said forests were being cleared and logged in Pos Tohoi to make way for Musang King durian plantations.
Other locations such as Chawas, were being cleared for rubber trees, while oil palm plantations were also encroaching on forests in Kuala Wok.
Fellow JKOAK leader Azmi Badul demanded that the government put a stop to the deforestation...