The federal government has no legal standing to sue on behalf of the Temiar Orang Asli in a land dispute in Kelantan, the Court of Appeal held.

The three-person bench chaired by judge Lau Bee Lan unanimously made this ruling today in allowing the Kelantan government’s application to strike out the federal government’s suit, which is linked to alleged encroachment into the Temiar’s customary land in Pos Simpor, Gua Musang...