Malaysiakini: Where is your hak bumiputra when they need it, UMNO?

The Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia)'s hopes of handing a memorandum to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong were dashed when their procession to the Istana Negara was told to stop by the police. [Malaysiakini, 13/9/08]

September 13 marked the first anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007. The Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS) latest cry for justice against the exploitation of their rights left many Malaysians wonder whether the ever so controversial hak istimewa (special rights), fervently preached by UMNO, apply also to the indigenous peoples of the country...